stunt_muppet

You ought to look into getting an air fryer - we’ve had one for a couple of years now and it’s the best gadget risu’s ever brought home. They’re inexpensive (ours is just a small one, about 30$) and you don’t have to mess with fry oil. Some things might need a light spray of oil before they go in, but for the most part you don’t really need any. They’re also great for normal, non-fried stuff (think perfect boiled eggs with no water, it’s really cool), and crisping up leftover fries from take out. It’s easy to clean too because you literally just stick the basket tray in the dishwasher. It’s literally THE thing that gets used most in our kitchen, though that might be because I don’t want to have a microwave - but 10/10 recommend, and I don’t say that about gadgets a lot.

Between the air fryer and the sous vide (which I also super recommend), we almost never use the oven or stove, waaaaaaay less mess all around to clean up.

Honestly, if you can find it one of the best cake books for vegan baking is called “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World”. It’s also by Isa Chandra Mowskowitz (and also way old), but all the recipes are excellent! In general, with vegan cake baking the best thing I’ve ever learned is that 1) you can replace eggs with a tablespoon of vegetable oil per egg and 2) for any recipe that calls for milk/buttermilk, measure an equal amount of soy milk into a container and whisk in a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to it for every 8 ounces of liquid; allow it to set for five to ten minutes to curdle and then add it to the recipe, it works very well (and is basically vegan buttermilk). If you look for it, you might be able to find a used copy, but I think that book might be out of print.