Even worse — my mistake made someone else look bad.
This week’s JC contains a recipe for a delicious date honey cake. Aha, I thought, that would be good for vegans, as honey is a no-go. I wrote a snappy headline — ‘vegan friendly date honey cake’ — which filled the space better than the simple (and accurate) ‘date honey cake’ label Denise had provided.
What I didn’t consider were the three eggs in that recipe; making it a ‘not at all vegan friendly date honey cake’. In fact, unfriendly to vegans.
I’ve apologised to Denise Phillips, the recipe creator, a long-standing contributor to my food pages, and someone who knows when a recipe is vegan or not. I’m also certain no one will actually feed this cake to a vegan, but it’s not my proudest moment.
