Saturday, April 19, 2008

happy (belated) birthday to me!

I turned 16 last Sunday (the 13th)! Yayy! We had some family and family friends over :)

Of course, I HAD to make some delicious vegan cakes for the occasion, so despite my homework overload (grrr!), I managed to bake up a storm:

-One chocolate cake from a Vegweb recipe (I used 1/2 cup cocoa)
....with the Chocolate Buttercream Icing from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World

-Two cakes made from The Joy of Vegan Baking's Vanilla Cupcake recipe
....one was decorated with VCTOTW Vanilla Buttercream icing, but with a bit of orange extract and sprinkled with lemon zest.
...and the other was left plain, but served with a berry sauce (frozen berry mix warmed up with a bit of maple syrup).

I only had the plain vanilla cake with the berry sauce, but it was SO good! Mmm. The other cakes received rave reviews, especially the chocolate one! People just couldn't believe it was vegan!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

happy belated birthday to you! your cake looks fantastic!

Anardana said...

Happy birthday!

Peggy said...

thanks everyone! :)

Rose said...

Happy Belated Birthday!

Anonymous said...

why didn't you try the frosted cakes? they look really good.

DJ said...

Happy birthday! Your cakes sound delish!!!

Wheeler's Frozen Dessert said...

Happy (very) Belated Birthday! The cake looks delicious.

Jackie said...

Very belated wishes for your birthday. The chocolate cake looks delicious. Glad you had such a great time.

Fruity said...

Happy belated birthday. Can I have part of that cake now :)
Fruity

tofufreak said...

nice cakes! i also made my own bday cake. ppl always feel bad for me, but i ttly love making my own birthday cakes. happy very belated birthday!

bazu said...

happy belated birthday! what marvelous cake creations...

Cherry said...

Happy belated birthday!