Monday, March 31, 2008

Decadent Treat



Because I was jonesing some serious sugar, last week I decided to make these dark & lovely cupcakes. Although you can't see the cupcake itself for all the creamy frosting and the wrapper. Take my word for it when I tell you it's a very dark chocolate cupcake made with dark rich cocoa, I also crushed up some newman-o's and added it to the mix for extra "oreo" goodness.



The frosting was a fluffy buttercream concotion also containing crushed up newman o's (see the trend) the vanilla and almond extract really gave it a delicious taste.



These were by far the best tasting vegan cupcakes, I had ever tasted. They were rich, moist and fluffy. Obviously, my friends and family thought so too, because before I could bat an eyelash twice they were gone. I was the victim of a drive by cupcake nabbin'. The fighting was brutal and the damage fierce. I was only able to save one of the these little dark delicacies.



Were they healthy? Well if you mean healthy in that mental health sort of way when craving something sweet and having the added benefit of chocolate. Then yes... yes, it was healthy.

I got this yummy recipe from Vegan-Cupcakes-Take-Over-World

I can guarantee that you will see many, many more of these cupcakes posted here. It really is an excellent cookbook, you should check it out.


Looking forward to the next cupcake in my future,
MXS








Sunday, March 30, 2008

Not Another Vegan Blog...Yes Another One

I know, I know there are already so many vegan blogs out there showcasing the lifestyle and the eating habits of vegans. So why another one? Well because I wanna.

I also feel that we need to spread the word about veganism in as many ways and venues as possible. Helping to make people aware can't hurt

Not to mention that I happen to be a chatty gothic, straight-edge vegan. Wow say that 3 times fast. And I love talking about my passions: being vegan, being goth (cuz goths get no luv), caring for the animals and our environment, and cooking awesome food.

My favorite types of dishes are asian mostly japanese and chinese, some bangin' thai, throw in some mexican and bit of italian and you have a cornocopia of excellent dishes.