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Fran Costigan - Fran's 9th Annual Valentines Spectacular
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 4:00 pm Eastern
Join renowned pastry chef Fran Costigan, Rouxbe’s Director of Vegan Pastry, for her 9th annual Valentine’s Day Spectacular, a live event celebrating indulgent-tasting plant-based des… Read More.
Question:
So many recipes call for coconut oil and coconut milk. What can I substitute instead?
— Diane Dankert
Answer:
I prefer to use extra virgin olive oil and sunflower oil in my desserts. And coconut milk has a place, but again, I use it rarely. I use it to make a vanilla pastry cream for example. I prefer to make my truffle ganache, for example, and my cakes with a rich plant milk instead of coconut milk.
