Day 82
RAW
Monday 1-15-07
VEGAN CUPCAKES
Well, today was Astrid's B DAY! HAPPY DAY!
And, we had a surprise day with a friend and her kids which was 500 thousand and 61 on a scale of 1 to 10 for fun! (Astrid rating scale).
Anyway, for her gift I bought her this vegan cupcake book that she always looks at and ohhhs and ahhhhs over when I am in Barnes and Nobel looking through Raw uncook books. So, I told her she could pick out any cupcake in the book and we would make them tonight for when grandpa came over. She picked an oreo cupcake. We went to Kroger and bought the ingredients and made them tonight!
So, this was my first attempt at Vegan baking. Since I went from former vegetarian/ meat and dairy advocate to RAW foodist overnight and skipped the vegan step all together! I was vegetarian for like 7 years and ate largely vegetarian until the last 3, so vegetarian cooking I have down, but vegan??? I am finding that with the family this is a necessary compromise to my lifestyle. Plus I wanted to have a cupcake with her with out feeling horrible after. I already had some cheese pizza today at lunch!
I also decided to sub a gluten free flour which in hind site was probably taking it wayyyyy toooooo farrrrr at once. But I did it anyway!
SO... was it a success?????????
I think so, the family gobbled them down with no faces, and they knew they were vegan and gluten free, because James helped make them too! James asked if we could always buy the Newman's own oreos, and I said... sometimes! Anyway, I have the book now and I will probably search for healthier versions than the one I made tonight. BUT, Birthday success!
The only complaint I would have is they were too sweet! Otherwise they were so good! Yes, they had sugar. I did not say healthy vegan cupcake I just said... not make you sick vegan cup cake. :)
So, this was my first attempt at Vegan baking. Since I went from former vegetarian/ meat and dairy advocate to RAW foodist overnight and skipped the vegan step all together! I was vegetarian for like 7 years and ate largely vegetarian until the last 3, so vegetarian cooking I have down, but vegan??? I am finding that with the family this is a necessary compromise to my lifestyle. Plus I wanted to have a cupcake with her with out feeling horrible after. I already had some cheese pizza today at lunch!
I also decided to sub a gluten free flour which in hind site was probably taking it wayyyyy toooooo farrrrr at once. But I did it anyway!
SO... was it a success?????????
I think so, the family gobbled them down with no faces, and they knew they were vegan and gluten free, because James helped make them too! James asked if we could always buy the Newman's own oreos, and I said... sometimes! Anyway, I have the book now and I will probably search for healthier versions than the one I made tonight. BUT, Birthday success!
The only complaint I would have is they were too sweet! Otherwise they were so good! Yes, they had sugar. I did not say healthy vegan cupcake I just said... not make you sick vegan cup cake. :)
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