Testers: baked tofu and avocado mango salad. Both are amazing.
(Local BBQ sauce and homemade mulled cider in the background)
Tester: Flying Massaman Curry (holy crap so good!)
And finally, the vegan vanilla cake I made for my niece’s birthday party yesterday.
Sunday is my niece’s seventh birthday. And according to tradition I’m baking the cake. Its my gift for everyone in my family that I make them the sweet side of their day. The little miss wanted a princess cake. Unfortunately I’m not a fan of my mom’s idea of baking a bundt and shoving a Barbie in the middle. So I convinced C that she wanted a castle cake. I doubled the vanilla cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World and baked it in a half sheet pan. The frosting is the fluffy buttercream from the same book. The frosting is my go-to for anything cake related.
I know I could have thrown myself into this project and really wowed. But in the scheme of things a bunch of seven year old girls don’t care if I spent 3 hours or 3 days. Its sugary and pink and honestly isn’t that what matters at that age?
Cornfields and Cookies 