Review? The frosting is amazing (how could peanut butter, powdered sugar, and almond milk NOT be amazing?) but the cupcakes were just okay. I probably wouldn't make the recipe again -- not chocolatey enough for me, and the middles sunk big time.
Speaking of chocolate cakes . . . my coteacher, Missy, has a birthday coming up, and has requested a gigantic double-chocolate cake for her birthday treat. Anybody have a rock star chocolate cake recipe they care to direct me to? I don't make many cakes, because I'm not a huge cake fan, and really want to knock this one out of the park! Ideas??
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Wow. Those look majorly YUM! I have no ideas or suggestions, other than my address, which is 374 South Second Street...
Ah, never mind, the heat would make them hard to ship. :P
That peanut-butter frosting looks SENSATIONAL!!!
I recommend the cake recipes from "Vive Le Vegan" and Eat, Drink & Be Vegan" - they're FABULOUS!!
The cupcakes don't look very dark. I can see how they wouldn't be very chocolately. They do look delicious though. I have a pretty good chocolate cake recipe from Betty Crocker. It does use eggs, if that's not an issue for you. I'm sure you could sub soft tofu, but I haven't tried it that way yet.
If you want a vegan chocolate cake, Dreena has an excellent one in her book The Everyday Vegan. If you need recipes, shoot me an e-mail.
BTW, thanks for the props below. That was very nice of you :o)
I have a great recipe I use all the time for cakes or cupcakes. I have it posted here: http://mysweetcupcakes.blogspot.com/2008/07/soccer-mom-makes-soccer-cupcakes.html It will do 24 cupcakes, 2x 9" pans, or 3x 8" pans (or 2x8" plus some cupcakes...you get the idea).
I love this recipe because there are no eggs and no dairy! I know the recipe is simple, but trust me, it bakes up moist and chocolatey, and is SO EASY to make! Hope this helped!
I had to laugh when I read that you baked cupcakes and don't really even like cake. That sounds just like me! I will see all these beautiful baked goods around the blogosphere and get it into my head that I need to make a cake or muffins, and we never eat them! I end up having to take them into work.
But cookies and brownies, now THOSE will get eaten.
I have made the basic chocolate cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World into a really fantastic chocolate layer cake. I just doubled the recipe and baked it in a 9" cake pan, then sliced into into layers when it cooled. It seriously made the best cake ever. It's now my standard chocolate cake recipe.
http://www.chow.com/recipes/10794
Good luck!
Hey Catherine
The Moosewood vegan chocolate cake is *always* a winner! It is easy to make and everyone loves it--vegans and non-vegans.
http://www.moosewoodrestaurant.com/recipes_archive.html#53
(it is the 4th recipe down). You can use any frosting recipe you want--the cake is really delicious!
I hope you find a recipe that lives up to her standards!
Courtney
I don't care for cake... but, I love cupcakes. It's a weird anomaly I haven't yet figured out.
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