Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! I turned 45 years old yesterday and I have the white hairs to prove it! 🤣 As those of you who get my weekly emails know—a few months ago, we celebrated my father’s 80th birthday. My mother ordered a custom Korean style bakery cake for his party and sadly, I could not have any! I was SO BUMMED! But I also wasn’t surprised. Korean style bakery cakes start with a perfect sponge cake and… well… vegan sponge cake is practically an oxymoron. I’ve been attempting to perfect the vegan sponge cake since I went vegan—that’s right, since 2016. And while there are a ton of great vegan vanilla cakes out there (including the one in my own cookbook!), they don’t possess the bounce and fluff that I associate with a Korean bakery cake. Needless to say, I resumed my quest to make the PERFECT vegan sponge, and to do so in time for my own birthday. I would NOT be denied my Korean style bakery cake!! Well, it turns out the solu...