Cupcakes

[legalmoose]

Finally hauled out Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World and made the basic vanilla cupcake with the fluffy "buttercreme" frosting.



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Originally published at Of Moose And Men.

Comments

[jss]

Mm, vegan cupcakes... Made with real vegans?

[legalmoose]

But of course. Nothing but the freshest, most authentic vegans. ;)

[jss]

Mm, tasty tasty vegans.

[the-dibbler.livejournal.com]

*eats vegans*

[fj.livejournal.com]

No, seriously, is that edible?

[legalmoose]

It was quite, quite tasty, I assure you. :D

It's all about having the right tools - in this case one of those little frosting tubes/pumps and a good icing tip.

[cheerybeggar.livejournal.com]

The composition of the "buttercream" frosting terrified me, so I have yet to make it or any of its variations.

I liked the ganache topping, though.

[legalmoose]

Fat, fat, tons of sugar, plus a little soy milk & vanilla extract. Scary. :D

If you have a stand mixer it's easy (though adding the sugar slowly enough that it doesn't fly all over your kitchen when you put it in takes some patience).

[cheerybeggar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I lack any kind of mixer, nor do I have a pastry bag and cute little frosting tip. Ah well... I'm a low-tech vegan dessert maker. I'll stick to my cookies. ;)

But they were good? And did they inspire you to make more more?

[eclipse77x.livejournal.com]

I have questions.

1. How do you make the icing do that all pretty-like?
2. Do you know a recipe I can use to fill the inside of the cupcakes with?

[legalmoose]

1. Get a pastry bag and tips or cheat and get a decorator tube.

2. They have recipes for various fillings. Haven't explored those yet, but I know I've seen ones for doing stuffed cupcakes in the book.

[eclipse77x.livejournal.com]

I has a decorator tube! It even has an attachment for to make filled cupcakes! :)