For the cake, I used the recipe for the Vegan Chocolate Cake from the Joy of Cooking (I doubled it and it turned out fantastic... although I added 7 T of cocoa instead of 6T). For the frosting, I started with the chocolate buttercream recipe from the new "Vegan Cupcakes..." but I must say, I don't have the same frosting tastes as they do. The frosting was tasting so much like shortening, I thought it was pretty gross. So I loaded in a bunch more cocoa powder and sugar, and it was thick, but tastier. Also, I did the same to the normal "buttercream" recipe for the white and colored frosting. CW is into baseball right now, so I made that the theme.
Here he is, with his buddies, eagerly anticipating the cutting of the cake! Notice the little tongue sticking out in the back. :)Best of all, everyone enjoyed some vegan cake and didn't even know it!
Wow! What a cool cake!
ReplyDeleteThanks Nikki!
ReplyDeleteIt was really fun to make!
:)
Oh that cake looks great! Chris does look ready to bite into it in that picture! So cute.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear that about the cupcake book- I'm waiting for mine to arrive on Wednesday, and I don't want to eat a bunch of shortening! Augh!
Hi Bazu!
ReplyDeleteOh, don't worry... the actual cupcake recipes look amazing!!! And anyone can make a frosting that they're satisfied with. I'm just really not a huge frosting person I guess. But Isa and Terry are clearly wild about frosting! I'm sure it's just a case of personal preference.
:) Amey