I'm feeling a little sick...
Posted by hopfrog on May 21, 2007 · Member since Sep 2004 · 905 posts
So, I'm planning my soon to be sister in law's bridal shower and am testing dessert recipes. We decided on cupcakes, so I'm going to be making recipes out of VCTOTW. I normally don't have sugary junk food in the house and yesterday I ate not only 2 of these cupcakes, but the leftover Newman's O's as well....needless to say I don't feel very well. Only heathy food for me today! Here are the Cookies 'n Cream cupcakes:
They look really good! That's a "yummily-earned" stomach ache. ;)
Oh wow, those look soooo good. I need to get that cookbook! Your soon to be sister in law is a lucky lady!
What is that icing made from???? (there should be an emoticon for drooling)
Oh man! I just want to take those cupcakes out of my computer screen and put them in my mouth!!!! There really should be an emotion for drooling Lisaanddini!
What is that icing made from???? (there should be an emoticon for drooling)
All the unhealthy stuff you'd expect it to be made out of (Earth Balance margarine, Spectrum shortening, and lots of powdered sugar plus soymilk, vanilla, and mixed in cookie crumbs) :)
I swear, I probably ate well over 3500 calories yesterday, most of it from saturated fat and sugar--my poor body isn't used to that kind of abuse. ;D
Elizabeth
I'm sure they're delicious, but you can keep the cupcake part, just gimme the icing! YUM ;D
they look amazing!
mmmmmmmmm hopfrog soooo good looking!!
i made cupcakes from VCTOTW and ate 2 and felt sick too!!! they are sooooooo rich.
are those vegan? They look like too good. Do share the recipe, please!
are those vegan? They look like too good. Do share the recipe, please!
Indeed they are. As mentioned, the recipe is out of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to post copyrighted cookbook recipes here :(
oh duh...sorry...I def have to pick up a copy of that book! are the ingredients hard to come by?
You have my sympathy.
BTW, y'all have completely convinced me not to buy VCTOTW! I can't afford a new, larger, wardrobe. ::)
Last week, I made the basic chocolate cupcake recipe and planned to frost them with the cookies and cream frosting after running errands... but our vegan babysitter and my son ate half of them before i got home! and then my husband and i finished off some more and it seemed silly to frost 4 cupcakes... so we had the rest for breakfast. :)
VegHeadZealia,
The ingredients are all very basic.
Brown rice syrup and agar agar is maybe the most exotic...? But you can do most of the book's recipes without anything special.
Hopfrog - I was asked to bring frosted brownies to an event and your post inspired me to finally go buy VCTOTW. I made the chocolate frosting. I only tried some on the tip of my finger and my stomach's upset. I know there's a ton of sugar in there, but I think it's the fat. I feel the same way after eating an Uncle Eddie's cookie. I used to buy them, but I can't eat them anymore.
Anyway, thanks for the inspiration. I think "regular" people will really like the recipes.
I made these cupcakes ages ago & took them to work for all my omni buddies, first of all, the 1/2 cookie on the top looked very special, not to mention the awesome icing so that was the first lot of "ooohhhs" & "aahhhhs", then after the tasting? "ooghhms" & "mmggghhrrmmms".