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Birthday Cake

Raspberry Blackout Cake w. Ganache-Y Frosting

If you happen to be celebrating a birthday in our family this is most likely the cake I would make for you*.  Who doesn’t like chocolate and raspberry together? Crazy people I suppose. I’ll admit that I usually don’t like raspberries at all but when mixed with chocolate cake you can’t go wrong.  My sister was the lucky recipient of this cake even though a day before her party she requested a Crepe Cake which wasn’t going to happen on such short notice with 2 kids in the house. The recipe is from Vegan with a Vengeance. You really can’t go wrong with any of Isa’s recipes.

When I was done smoothing out the frosting I had a bit left over and added some star details with a piping bag and tip. The detail and some fresh raspberries, which I picked off (!), made for a beautiful birthday cake!

*On occasion I’ve been known to make a coconut cake for birthdays also.

5 comments April 16th, 2012

Old Favorite

Spaghetti Alfreda with Sauteed Seitan

This is an old favorite of mine. The Alfreda Sauce recipe from Vegan with a Vengeance. I haven’t made it in a while, until recently, because Peter once told me he didn’t care for it that much.  So after about 2 years (!what!) without having it I went against his taste buds and made it again and was so happy that I did. This is total comfort food for me and it has some of my favorite ingredients in it:  pine nuts and nooch (nutritional yeast for those who don’t know it by nooch). I love the thickness and the taste of this stuff. If you have never had this and want to try it just keep in mind that it resembles nothing of a real Alfredo sauce. It’s it’s own delicious beast.

Happy VeganMoFo!

7 comments October 5th, 2009