As many of you know, I was asked to cater a wedding. My task was to make around 300 cupcakes with three different flavors. After some consultation with the groom and bride over a delicious vegan lunch a couple months back, I had decided on the flavors. What would everyone be feasting on? Chai-scented cupcakes with a brown sugar buttercream topped with a candied walnut. Originally, this one was my favorite. I just like the spices and, of course, the candied walnut. Also, there was a dark chocolate-blueberry cupcakes with a lemon buttercream. Many people responded with an odd, disapproving expression when hearing about these, but I reassured them that the blueberry would play well with the dark chocolate and the lemon frosting was what was going to set the flavors off---all this with confidence from a person who hadn't tasted chocolate (let alone dark chocolate) in 14 years. And, finally, a orange cupcake with an apricot-raspberry filling with a whipped orange icing. This slowly turned into my favorite. So refreshing.
The week of the wedding was when the fun began. I headed over the grooms house to start baking. After 8 hours of mixing batters, making messes, whipping up frostings we had 25 dozen complete. The day of the wedding, I spent around three hours actually decorating all of the cupcakes. The picture below is how it turned out.
I got so many rave reviews from everyone. Many people came back for seconds and thirds, which of course was the biggest compliment that I could get. Especially knowing that these people were NOT vegans. I got the business cards of the venue space's owner and that of the food caterers. It was hit overall. A lot of work, but definitely an experience I would never want to have missed.
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Besides baking up vegan cupcakes for my friends' wedding, I have also just been experimenting with different techniques and ingredients. Here are some:
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| Scallion "chicken" with sesame green beans and orange noodles |
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| Sticky buns |
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| Lemon cheesecake with a blueberry-rose water topping |
Also, to make my summer (and my life) even BETTER, I got a Vitamix blender!!! This is a raw vegan's dream!!! So, one of my first dishes I made was for a friend's birthday. They were my raw vegan tacos that you may remember posting about that I won a university-wide competition with. Well, because I had a vitamix, they were even better! Especially since I improved my cheez sauce recipe.
My summer has been amazing, but it's time to go, my cardamom-scented blueberry-peach cobbler is ready!
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