Dydd Santes Dwynwen Haput!
Cariad - Welsh for Love, Darling
Sws - Welsh for Kiss
Tomorrow, the 25 January not only marks Burns Night in Scotland, but in Wales it marks St Dwynwen's Day.
Yes we have our very own Valentines Day in Wales known as Dydd Santes Dwynwen. St Dwynwen is The Welsh Saint of Love and Lovers. Follow this link to read and learn more about Wales Patron Saint of Love, otherwise feast your eyes on some home-made vegan Welshcakes .
Whether your Welsh or not, you should make some of these for your loved ones Or just treat yourself. For the recipe for the vegan Welshcakes, follow this link. I am am sharing this with Kimmy at Healthy Vegan Fridays; and Inheritance Recipes challenge set by Solange at Pebble Soup. The theme this month is Fresh Start hosted by Coffee and Vanilla.
These Welshcakes look delicious, such a good idea to cut them into hearts. I wondered if you celebrate both Valentine's Days?
ReplyDeleteThank You Vicky. Yes we do, though the 14th of February is more popular.
DeleteThanks for teaching me something new today!
ReplyDeleteOh I am so pleased, thank you.
DeleteI hadn't heard of this day - thanks for educating me. I love the look of those vegan Welsh cakes!
ReplyDeleteYour so welcome Kari, its recently been reignited with the Welsh language, but nothing on the scale of 14 Feb
DeleteThank you for this. I kept wanting to try Welsh cakes when we were on holiday there but we didn't come across any vegan versions. I shall have to try these!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Not many places do vegan Welsh cakes, only time I've seen them for sale is around 14 Feb at farmers markets, hope you get to try these.
DeleteNever heard of this tradition, thanks for sharing. They would be perfect for our Inheritance Recipes link-up as well ;)
ReplyDeleteYour welcome Margot. Thanks for the invitation - I wanted to join in with Inheritance recipes, but wasn't quite sure if these would fit the them. thanks for the encouragement.
DeleteHow lovely thank you so much shaheen, Love is the kingpin of the Inheritance Recipes and we love this recipe Hope you had a fantastic Santes Dwynwen Thank you for entering IR x
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Solange, I want to enter every month - but am never sure if what I have made fits. Thanks to Margot I joined in. We had a quite evening in.
DeleteThese look fab - I'm always a fan of discovering veganised versions of traditional recipes. Oh and learning new things, like the existence of Dydd Santes Dwynwen!
ReplyDeleteThank you Natalie. I made these and lots of people didn't even note the lack of butter in the recipes.
DeleteYour lovely gift of Welshcakes and now this post has really made me want to make a batch - role on the weekend! CT reminded me that we were going to visit St Dwynwen's church up on Anglesea when we were there last summer, but we were too tight to pay the parking, so missed it!!!
ReplyDeleteI've always loved welshcakes, but I'm very interested to try out your vegan version, what a great idea! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel, maybe you will try them out around Valentines Day :)
DeleteHeart shaped Welshcakes, perfect for my Welshman on his birthday which is the day after St David's - if he'd been born a day earlier he would have been David :-)
DeleteI'm a bit late coming to this post so I've missed St Dwynwen's Day, but I can still make these Welsh cakes for Valentine's Day! They look so delicious - going to go check out that recipe now <3
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never Kyra, Yes you certainly can make these for Valentines Day too.
DeleteOh chocolate chips and dessicated coconut - I love this mixture. These sound truly delicious.
ReplyDeleteHappy (belated) St. Dwynwen's Day =) Thanks for sharing the history of it.
Thanks so much for sharing this at Healthy Vegan Fridays. I'm featuring your Welshcakes this week and am pinning & sharing!
Thank you so much Kim, no worries these are perfect for Valentines Day too.
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