The big vegan birthday round-up

Posted on | October 2, 2009 | 1 Comment| Printer Friendly

bdayboyI’m so happy – the little guy’’s first birthday went off without a hitch.  He got to have his cake and ice cream and eat it too.  And while, his cake didn’t have any frosting, he loved digging his hands into it and making a little mess.  I have two cookbooks to thank for making his birthday as normal as any other kid’s birthday:  Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and the Vegan Scoop.

From VCTOTW, I made the skinny vanilla cupcakes.  I love this recipe – it’s so easy and only takes 3 tablespoons of oil.  You can practically eat the entire batch and feel no guilt.  And you will want to because they are that good.  The recipe calls for applesauce, but I always substitute applesauce for whatever fruit puree I’ve got on hand.  (This time it was mango/pear.)

From the Vegan Scoop, I made the basic vanilla recipe but I used our homemade vanilla.  (Awesome – and potent!)  The little guy gobbled his ice cream (and the tune Ice Cream from Anne of Green Gables the musical played in my head).   If you have an ice cream maker, but never use it, this book will make you fall in love with your ice cream maker again.  (If you are like me, I love ice cream, but I don’t love making the custard base or knowing that there are 8 eggs in one recipe of ice cream.  Seriously, that’s just too many eggs for a recipe that does not include the word ‘omelet’.)

One tip: these soy based ice creams are going to freeze up harder in you freezer than an egg/cream ice cream, so you’ll want to let the ice cream warm up a bit before serving.  It’s really hard to scoop hard ice cream.

It was quite the day – just look at Orville – he partied a little too hard.

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Category: Dairy free, Sweets

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One Response to “The big vegan birthday round-up”

  1. Elisse Stuart
    October 8th, 2009 @ 6:22 pm

    Your little birthday boy is adorable.
    I am going to have to try these cupcakes for my student helpers.
    oh BTW -My youngest son loves the pic of your cat. : )

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