Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World

[rantipole]

I am making the pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes with cinnamon icing tonight for my coworkers and my family Thanksgiving gathering. I love pumpkin! I love chocolate! I love cinnamon! How can these not be great! I'll report back to the list soon.

Cheers,
rant

[Essy Strudel]

I am definitely ordering this book!YUM! My sister wants me to make her stacks of vegan muffins for her 16th birthday (instead of a cake), preferably with pink icing. Is there anything suitable in this book?

[rantipole]

So I made the pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes with cinnamon frosting and they are the bomb! Just dense, moist deliciousness. They are not very sweet as far as cupcakes go, but the complex interaction of the pumpkin, chocolate, and cinnamon is heavenly. Sorry I don't have pictures.

The count stand so far at:
4 cupcake types made...4 types given an A+

Cheers,
rant

[DancingWillow]

rant, i don't have the book yet, but i might go to a bookstore and write the pumpkin chocolate chip recipe...it would be perfect for thanksgiving!

[Poison Ivy]

rant, i don't have the book yet, but i might go to a bookstore and write the pumpkin chocolate chip recipe...it would be perfect for thanksgiving!

Or alternatively you could ask one of the very nice people who has the book already to PM you the recipe instead!

[DancingWillow]

that's also an idea! are you volunteering? i'm waiting, ms. ivy!

[Kitteh]

I am going to make some for Christmas, I want them to look like mini puddings, but they don't have to taste like puddings... will have a flick through the book and decide on which ones to make. Will probably go with the base of g-free vanilla or choc then ice them with some and pop some mint leaves on and the tiny baubles from raspberries.

[Kitteh]

I made a batch of the g-free choc cupcakes and topped half w/ the choc icing, chopped hazelnuts & a strawberry and the other half with banana icing & chopped hazelnuts = YUM!

[emmapresley]

they look amazing kitteh!!

just so everyone who hasn't got around to baking anything out of the book yet, i've made them into muffin type buns before..and a cake when i'd run out of bun liners..i've had a 3 year old practically make a batch entirely on his own ( a bit messy but..)..and each and every time they emerge from the oven beautifully.

no reasoning not to get baking!

[Allisa]

Allisa - your vanilla buttercream icing (the last photo you posted) looks amazing :O how did you get the colour of the icing to sort of change like that?? wow

After making the buttercream I seperated it into two bowls, used blue food colouring in one bowl and red in the other. Then I just spooned a bit of the blue frosting into my piping bag and a bit of the pink frosting on top of that. keep doing that until all the frosting is in the bag, and then pipe away! It sounds complicated, but it's really easy.

[fondducoeur]

Does anyone know what the ingredients are for the apple cider cupcakes? I need to stop at the store on the way home and I forgot the book!
There is a store near my work that will have the agar agar flakes, which I remember I need, but if there are any other ingredients that are difficult to find, I will not be able to make them tonight as I work almost an hour away.

[fondducoeur]

So, I decided to make the Chai Latte cupcakes and the Basic Vanilla one with chocolate vegan cream cheese frosting to take to work today.
And they are a hit! I love it when my co-workers rave about my vegan treats (especially the ones that eat them without realizing they are vegan).
Most of my co-workers are very open and interested in everything I cook, and my lifestyle in general, so I am lucky anyway.

[Astrid]

I got this book yesterday, and have flipped through it. So many good ideas! And it's a really entertaining read.

[emmy]

I have got to get this book!
I'm going to buy a copy for my best friend too - she is Jewish and and veggie, so although she does eat dairy, she bakes stuff for her husband that is dairy-free that he can then eat at the same meal as meat. All very complicated...but she LOVES baking and there is no way she won't love baking these!!

[Jessicake]

I got a crazy for cupcakes cookbook once before I was vegan and now THIS is going to make my life because I LOVE CUPCAKES. I'm going to buy it tonight!!

[AnneCE]

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World is taking over my mind - have ordered the book and am waiting impatiently for it to arrive so I can begin baking. I have looked at so many photos on Flickr that I am beginning to dream of cupcakes (or fairy cakes as we called them when I was little) with lots of lovely icing! Mmmmmmm

[fondducoeur]

I am planning to make every cupcake in the book.
But I have only done 7 out of 75 so far

[AnneCE]

fondducoeur, someone has blogged about making all 75 cupcakes and has photos to prove it! http://bjorkedoff.blogspot.com/2006/...conquered.html
Lots of other sweet stuff on there too!

[AnneCE]

My book has arrived and I made the cashew butter cardamom cupcakes - a lot of problems with it as I seem to not be able to follow instructions, but I managed it! And they taste delicious - especially the frosting - mmmm. Very filling, too! I need to get myself better organised the next time I bake but I am looking forward to trying another recipe. I have ten more to eat... wonder how long it will take?!

[Jessicake]

I just got the book and I've made the chai latte cupcakes, the green tea cupcakes and the mint chocolate ones. They're all sooo good.
Just out of curiousity, what do you all use as icing sugar?

[Astrid]

I made de-glutenized Earl Grey tea cupcakes (variation on the Chai Latte) with lemon buttercream yesterday. They were awesomely good and really easy to make. Alas, they were all eaten before I had a chance to take a picture.

[bryzee86]

i got this book today, so expect experimentation for the next few weeks

[Astrid]

Does anyone know if mint essence and mint oil can be used interchangeably? I want to make the chocolate mint cuppers, but all I could get was mint oil. Is this more concentrated than mint essence?

[Roxy]

i got this book today, so expect experimentation for the next few weeks

Be sure to take photos of your experiments so we can all drool

[bryzee86]

Be sure to take photos of your experiments so we can all drool

there's one in the pictures bit!

[vava]

anyone tried making the cupcakes in muffin cases?

[Poison Ivy]

Yeah, our bun cases aren't big enough for the quantity the recipes make - muffin cases are

[Astrid]

I'm making the choc mint cups right now. The batter tastes like after eights!

[bryzee86]

i'm sure they'll work fine, vava

[vava]

saw yours looking good Bryzee and just imagined a really really big one. piggy comes to mind!

[Roxy]

I'm making the choc mint cups right now. The batter tastes like after eights!

Mmmm take a photo Astrid, when they're done!

[cedarblue]

i can't believe i've missed this thread!!

all the frostings and cakes look so pretty and colourful.

i'm getting this book - for my non-raw treats !

[emmy]

I got this book yesterday!
I made some vanilla ones with lemon buttercream and a raspberry sauce type thing. My decoration left a lot to be desired, but they look all gooey and stacked up and they taste delicious!

[bryzee86]

i've got vanilla ones in the oven at the moment. Probably top them off with choccy mousse

[bryzee86]

oh my god these cakes smell delicious....

[emmapresley]

all scoffed? where's the pic?!

i had to put my vctotw book away..no self control

[Marrers]

I'm starting to plough through this thread but can any Brits tell me if this is a very American book - ie are there any unusual (to us) ingredients or are any ingredients are hard to come by here?

[emmapresley]

nope marrers..pretty much all the stuff is easily getable here.
graham crackers are like digestive biccies, yep?
i never found peppermint extract..but tbh i don't think that exists..

hazelnut liquer/extract?? huh?

[Enchantress]

I've cooked with peppermint extract before, albeit many moons ago. Goodness Direct has some.

[emmapresley]

could always just use peppermint essential oil in a drop of veg oil?

[Enchantress]

I suppose so. I would have to be careful not to do my usual thing of getting impatient waiting for a drop of essential oil to come out, shaking the bottle vigorously and accidentally shooting out about five drops at once . I imagine that wouldn't be very tasty.

[Poison Ivy]

Supercook do a peppermint extract too which I would imagine is readily available in supermarkets

[treehugga]

I still haven't got this cookbook...can't afford it either.

witchy you can get most of the recipes at the punk kitchen site. just type in the title of the cupcake recipe you want! this'll keep you going until you can get the book.

[alisont]

I really must use this book had it about 6 months and still not used it

Which recipe do you use the most - as in im sure there were 2 main recipes 1 with oil 1 with marg ,never found cakes with oil nice?

Doubt mine will ever look as nice as in the book - the extras like the buttercream piped on looks time consuming but will get round to trying one day!

[vava]

try the basic choc ones with oil - easy peasy and scrummy

actually I think the ones I made had hemp seeds.... been a while!

[emmapresley]

don't forget that if it all gets too much to faff about doing individual buns, you can just bung the mixture into a cake tin and make it into a cake..the recipes are so easy though...

[bryzee86]

i'm gonna do the low fat fellows tonight. yum.

[bryzee86]

I really must use this book had it about 6 months and still not used it

Which recipe do you use the most - as in im sure there were 2 main recipes 1 with oil 1 with marg ,never found cakes with oil nice?

Doubt mine will ever look as nice as in the book - the extras like the buttercream piped on looks time consuming but will get round to trying one day!

the one with oil is v. v. good. as are the vanilla and agave-vanilla ones. not done any with marge yet though, tbh, but i never have success with marge anyway.

[AnneCE]

The book uses cups instead of grammes etc. - had to buy measuring cups specially for the book.

[alisont]

Il try to make some soon what oils everyone use? Only got olive oil and sesame oil here - not quite right that!!! will add some to shopping list.