Nomaste Cakes Makes Cheesecakes For Vegans

Having your cake and eating it too just got a lot easier thanks to Lydia Dolsen. After her daughter was diagnosed with celiac disease at age 5, the Mentor native started making nut-based cheesecakes as a sweet treat. But when non-restricted eaters also fell for them, she knew she’d struck gold. “I was just making these cakes for parties, for my daughter’s birthday parties, for friends and everybody kept telling me, ‘These are amazing. You could be selling these,’ ” she says. So she listened, launching Nomaste Cakes two years ago. Made with cashews, walnuts, dates, coconut milk, coconut oil and maple syrup, the personal-sized desserts come in decadent flavors such as tiramisu, raspberry lemon and lavender love. And she really gets creative with seasonal options such as matcha mint and pumpkin spice ($8 each). “They’re going to boost your energy,” she boasts of the dairy-free, gluten-free confections. “They’re not going to leave you feeling bogged down like a dessert full of refined sugars and everything would.” nomastecakes.com