Do they have any cupcakes that use only unrefined ingredients in there - I am not allowed any refined food!
Do they have any cupcakes that use only unrefined ingredients in there - I am not allowed any refined food!
Silent but deadly :p
Sorry if this has already been covered but I've scrolled through and can't see it.
I've got the book and am eager to get started but I can't figure out if I should be using muffin cases & trays or fairy cake cases & trays
Everywhere is walking distance... if you have the time
Go with muffin cases and trays.
Thanks Fiamma...
Super quick reply, now I can get started
Everywhere is walking distance... if you have the time
Hemlock, you might like to try Vegan Baking by Linda Majzlik. It's all very wholesome and unrefined (and unfortunately not nearly as decadent as Vegan Cupcakes) but when a girl's gotta have cake...
here comes the sun
so it's not just me! they DO taste amazing though.
My best friend bought me the book for my birthday and made the choc ones as my birthday cakes (she is a meat eater but always cooks me vegan stuff)
I know - she bought herself vegan with a vengeance at the same time and I am looking forward to the next meal she makes for me!
They didn't raise a whole lot, but enough to make the tops rounded. I just covered 'em in frosting really well
Tomorrow I'm attempting the gluten-free chocolate cupcakes, with ganache topping. A gluten-free friend is having her birthday, and our other friend is allergic to soy, so I'm trying for vegan gluten-free soy-free cupcakes. The three of us can never eat the same thing, so I have high hopes.
The gluten- and soy-free chocolate cupcakes turned out well! I even had sprinkles in the pantry that turned out to be suitable for all. I was really worried pre-baking because the batter was super-runny, but they set up after baking an extra three minutes or so. The were extremely dense and moist, but in a good way. My gluten-free friend was so excited! The poor thing hadn't had cake in well over a year!
Boston Creme Cupcakes
an inside shot
For some reason the ganache wouldn't thicken properly this time around, and thus just dribbled off the cuppers ....still, they do taste very nice even if they don't look like they're supposed too
Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?
Baldrick: Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^wow, i need one of those cupcakes.
!! i think yours look great, its not easy decorating tiny cakes.
aw, i wish i could make them as good as poison ivy! practice makes perfect
okay.my copy of this book is on it's merry way round to my house..should be with me by the end of the week..soo, by the end of the weekend i ought to have perfected at least one batch...perfected...eaten...same thing
hopefully will take some pics and post up on this thread..if they look half as good as yours do PI, i'lll be reeeeally happy!!
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I've baked at least five different varities from this book, so I can say with certainty: They Rock! No photos; I was in too much of a hurry to eat them!
I also got to go to the book-launch party at MooShoes (over a year ago) and sampled waaaay too many cupcakes! The best are the lime cupcakes--which I haven't made yet.
I made 3 dozen cupcakes for my OH to take to work on his birthday. I used the basic vanilla and chocolate recipes and various ideas for decorating them. Can someone please tell me how to post a picture? I've tried to cut and paste it but it just won't appear in the post
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you c an use http://www.imageshack.us to host the photos {select them from your hard drive and it'll upload them}- it then will have instructions on how to put them on a forum
Thanks !!
I'm still struggling to post it but hope the link will work http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2660/1000444zj8.jpg
They were so easy and everyone else's look so lovely I'll definitely make some more.
Everywhere is walking distance... if you have the time
Oh my goodness, they look fantastic *slurp*
Thanks - I was really pleased how they turned out. He took nearly 3 dozen in to work and they all went so I guess they went down well
Everywhere is walking distance... if you have the time
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I've been bitten by the VWAV bug. Made chocolate and raspberry with vegan cream cheese frosting.
They look scrummy Ruby Rose, Earl Grey and Almond...that sounds delish!
Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?
Baldrick: Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.
ooh, that does sound nice! they look great too.
'The word gorilla was derived from the Greek word Gorillai (a "tribe of hairy women")'
Yummm. I feel like baking now *looks at waistline and thinks twice*
I might make some for the family and just eat one
That's exactly what I do Puffin
I've made loads from this book and haven't had a failure yet!?
here comes the sun
They all look so lovely - especially the Boston Creme ones Poison Ivy.
aha..my first ever baking session from this book. these are to welcome my best friend home from her 3 week camping expedition...she'll find them in her fridge alongside a chilling bottle of chenin columbard.
i've just been lounging around the kitchen admiring them..they taste ACE. there might even be some left for the kids if they get home within reasonable time..ie in 30 minutes
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Ooh, they look fab EmmaP, did you use fluffy buttercream or did you fill them with the mousse? (I haven't tried the mousse yet because I can't buy silken tofu anywhere near here).....yes, they look delish!!
Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what irony is?
Baldrick: Yes, it's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.
um..haven't perfected the frosting recipes yet...i'd say it was quite close to the choc buttercream frosting.. it's 'pure' soya..icing sugar, bit of soya milk and vanilla extract and cocoa powder stuff. the choc fudge frosting stuff needs soya milk powder??? *clueless* also clueless about shortening.um..didn't you tell me this was white flora??
am going to try the coconut lime ones next week.i say next week..probably the week after...they look pretty lovely. coconut oil..where would i find some of that then?
ahronli sed ah dunit so thid tek thuh cheyus graytuh offa mi nihbles
ahronli sed ah dunit so thid tek thuh cheyus graytuh offa mi nihbles
Soya milk powder you can get from Veganstore and also useful for making vegan Barfi (indian sweet). Don't bother with white flora, just use extra pure.
I always used to make butter cream icing with a little fat rubbed into icing sugar then a little cold water(plus cocoa or whatever). I found the all fat version in this book MUCH too rich. Also don't make anything like the quantity they suggest - as others have mentioned her.
Your cupcakes look great BTW.
thanks cookey *proud smirk*
i already sussed the ludicrous recipe quantities seem highly unnecessary i think they look amazing, true, but a small swirl with other stuff plonked on top or a smearing of whatever topping has to go down loads better...and teh strawberries on top totally made it.
i just came back from my mates and she and her minis really loved them..they,alongside my own girls, and my work people will be my cupcake testers..i'm more than aware that making a batch of 12 cupcakes and having them stay in this house for too long equates complete danger for me
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coconut lime cupcakes with lime buttercream frosting. they're really nice..sort of chewy but waaaay too sweet. definately a one cupcake each and distribute the rest. am taking the rest into work tomorrow
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After seeing all these very yummy looking cakes I have sooooo gotta get this cookbook.
agave syrup and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream raspberry blobbed on top and choc ganache...Mmmm..
can't...stop..baking..from..this..book.
1) amazed at how fabulous they always look
2) stunned that they taste ace each time
in the dark dark times before, every cake i baked (eggs, butter, flour, sugar) turned out crap to average...vegan cupcakes are gonna take over the world!!
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Since everybody is posting pictures, here are mine. From tastiest to less tasty.
Mint Chocolate. My favourite!
Green Tea Cupcake. These are GOOD. Esp. after being in the fridge for awhile. Perfect summertime treat.
Cookes n' Cream cupcake. Realllllly sweet.
Chocolate with vanilla buttercream.
Marbled cupcake- split to show the marble-y goodness.
Chocolate cupcakes with a minty glaze.
Vanilla with vanilla buttercream. I added lovely jam before piping, as I find the vanilla cupcakes don't have a lot of flavour. However, my vanilla is VERY cheap, so it's probably my own fault.
Last edited by Allisa; Aug 19th, 2007 at 12:45 AM. Reason: eeek. why is that cupcake at the top like that? i can't get it off!
oh my gosh your cupcakes all look amazing am feeling hungry now
To celebrate world vegan day, I made Isa's basic chocolate cupcakes with cookies n cream frosting. Here's what the omnivorous republicans say:
Mom: It tastes just like a normal cupcake!
Grandma: This is the best cupcake I've eaten in my life.
Boss: You should open a shop and sell these.
The cupcakes set up perfectly: very moist without being underbaked. This is only the second time I've ever baked *anything*! The recipe was very easy, and I didn't have any of the problems some other people have described (although I am a little OCD about following recipes exactly, so that may have helped).
Oh, and I left a half cup of sugar out of the cookies and cream frosting, because several people here noted how sweet it was... came out just right.
"Lovers, givers, what minds have we made/ that make us hate/ a slaughterhouse for torturing a river?" ==AF
I love this book!
I haven't made any in weeks tho My fave so far was making the g-free choc cupcakes and topping them with banana icing, choc sauce & pecans, MMMMM!
oh! they look really pretty kitteh..yum yum
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They were delicious. I am trying to go Raw but it's hard to stop thinking about cupcakes!
omgggggg... you guys and your photos! they all look amazing.
I'm so hungry now.
Have avoided baking for months because all the cupcakes I've made from this book have been awesome and I figure it's better to just not have the temptation there.
These are the first ones I ever made from this book: Tiramisu
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...misuccakes.jpg
Carrot cake cupcakes (served to my undeserving co-workers last year, they loved 'em)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...otcupcakes.jpg
Chai Latte
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...aicupcakes.jpg
must resist urge to bake now... :\
P.S. 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
Aims,
Your cupcakes look sooo good. I made the carrot cake ones the other day, but they didn't look nearly as good as yours (they tasted wonderful, though!).
Last night I made the apple cider cupcakes. Everyone declares them amazing, and they've been approved for Thanksgiving. Moist and full of apple-y goodness, they are the perfect fall cupcake.
On the downside, they were kind of a hassle because I had to buy apple cider, apple butter, whole cloves (only had ground...), whole allspice (again, only had ground), and agar agar (how long does this stuff keep?). I now have to figure out how to use all of these things, especially the apple butter and apple cider (I don't drink juice). I'm assuming I can grind the cloves and allspice to use in other recipes.... There was also one step to the recipe which involved reducing apple cider from 2 cups to 1 1/4 cups by boiling it. This took about 15 minutes, and then I had to try and measure boiling liquid with measuring cups. Then I had to wait until it returned to room temperature. Ugh. But if you have the patience to make them and the money to buy the ingredients, they are fabulous.
Now if only I could find soy milk powder, coconut extract, maple extract, and green tea powder. Damn New Yorkers and their fancy groceries.
"Lovers, givers, what minds have we made/ that make us hate/ a slaughterhouse for torturing a river?" ==AF
look online at specialty gourmet suppliers for the best price. The quantities are small; so is the postage.
I use apple juice concentrate, thawed, instead of cider
applebutter can be used up in a pie or just added to stewed fruit
Whole spices keep forever if airtight cool and dark (suck air out of ziplock bag to vacuum pack it)
Heaps of recipes to use up agar... mousse anyone? It does go stale exposed to moisture in the air so store well
Grind up your own green tea and sift thru a tea strainer
good luck with your fancy recipes!
the only animal ingredient in my food is cat hair
Thanks for all the tips. I'll seal up my agar tight and check online for all the crazy ingredients!
Last edited by ALexiconofLove; Nov 9th, 2007 at 01:21 PM. Reason: Er, something I typed accidentally turned into a smiley face...
"Lovers, givers, what minds have we made/ that make us hate/ a slaughterhouse for torturing a river?" ==AF
I'm so impressed with everybodys posh looking cupcakes. They all look very professional. I must get this book and impress people with vegan cakes a the christmas table
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