I wrote a desserts cookbook Clara Cakes: Delicious and Simple Vegan Desserts for Everyone! when I was 19.

I was a young success story from the age twelve because I ran a popular vegan baking company in Los Angeles. I’d set up a bake sale table at punk-indie concerts, skate video release parties, and art shows around LA. The cookbook contained my tried and true dessert recipes along with essays on being self-made, starting a business young, and playlists to bake to.

Now, I’m 26, live in NYC, and am a mommy to an amazing two year old. Since creating my first cookbook, I’ve collected so many go-to recipes that I’ve made through so many stages of life. I call these my Recipes for Life. They’re recipes for your single twenties, to date nights, to pregnancy cravings, to rough patches to wake up the life inside of you.

Xo,

Clara (Cordelia’s mom)

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