Yesterday was my BFF Melanie’s birthday. So, as is our birthday tradition, I provided dinner and cupcakes. This year, she requested pumpkin cupcakes with maple frosting. I thought it might be hard to top last year’s cupcakes—with the help of edible gold, they were gold lamé—but the pumpkin/maple combination was definitely tasty. Happy Birthday, Face!
Pumpkin Muffin with Vegan Cream Cheese Filling Today was a very autumn-in-Brooklyn sort of day. Jeremy and I hit some stoop sales, visited the Transit Museum, then got busy in the kitchen. (Git yer mind out of the gutter—we’re taking about baking!) In addition to the pumpkin muffin pictured above (vegan, with vegan cream cheese …
K gets suited up. Notice the cat. My Tuesday afternoon went something like this: Co-worker K: Will you bake me cupcakes?Me: Yep.Co-worker K: Can we bake cupcakes?Me: Yep.Co-worker K: And brownies?Me: Yep. “I will not forget the salt.” Again, notice the cat. So, after a quick speakerphone warning from K’s mom that I’d better have …
Cake! (Photo by Zachary Stephens Photography) Vegan wedding cakes are really expensive. (Heck, all wedding cakes are expensive.) They’re also a giant, frosting-covered pile of wedding stress waiting to happen. So, to avoid the logistical nightmare of getting a vegan cake to my in-laws’ Vermont farm (or hiring someone local who wouldn’t cross-contaminate the vegan …
