![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Cupcakes & Cobbler
Had a really good weekend, though I am feeling a little sick this afternoon so I decided not to go to the regular Sunday afternoon go session or the gym.
D., D.'s coworker, and I baked cupcakes this afternoon.
They made some vanilla cupcakes with green and brown frosting, coconut, and sprinkles.
I made vegan cupcakes in oreo and rosewater-matcha flavors.
I used the basic sponge cake cupcake recipie from the winter pine tree cakes from vegan yumyum (with rice flour as a substitute for cornstarch). I made two batches and made some into rosewater cupcakes and some into oreo cupcakes.
For the rosewater cupcakes I just added rosewater instead of the vanilla or almond extracts.
For the oreo cupcakes I crushed up some oreos in the batter and used only vanilla, not almond and vanilla, extracts.
The oreo cupcakes got storebought chocolate frosting and a half-oreo on top of each. The cake came out pretty delicious; you could taste chunks of cupcake and chunks of oreo.
The rosewater cupcakes got matcha (Japanese green tea) frosting, from this recipie; I substituted soymilk for ricemilk and added the larger amount of matcha powder. I would use less confectioners' sugar next time, maybe a half-cup rather than a full cup--though that might not make enough frosting to cover the cupcakes. Though the frosting was definitely tasty and tasted like matcha, it is too sweet for me.
Warning: homemade frosting is very melty on hot days.
I also had about 6 farmers' market peaches that were going to go bad soon, so I also made a peach cobbler from this recipie, substituting soymilk for cream. I also only had 2 and 3/4 cups of peaches. If I made this again I would reduce the salt and add about a 1/4 cup more peaches than the recipie called for, to balance the fluffiness of the crust. Though the crust was very puffy, it is a bit salty as well. The peaches from the farmers' market were about half as big as a regular peach from the store, but are twice as tasty. If you can get farmers' market peaches I very much recommend it. I made this in a relatively small and shallow ceramic dish.
There are pictures at my flickr account if you click on the names of the food!
D., D.'s coworker, and I baked cupcakes this afternoon.
They made some vanilla cupcakes with green and brown frosting, coconut, and sprinkles.
I made vegan cupcakes in oreo and rosewater-matcha flavors.
I used the basic sponge cake cupcake recipie from the winter pine tree cakes from vegan yumyum (with rice flour as a substitute for cornstarch). I made two batches and made some into rosewater cupcakes and some into oreo cupcakes.
For the rosewater cupcakes I just added rosewater instead of the vanilla or almond extracts.
For the oreo cupcakes I crushed up some oreos in the batter and used only vanilla, not almond and vanilla, extracts.
The oreo cupcakes got storebought chocolate frosting and a half-oreo on top of each. The cake came out pretty delicious; you could taste chunks of cupcake and chunks of oreo.
The rosewater cupcakes got matcha (Japanese green tea) frosting, from this recipie; I substituted soymilk for ricemilk and added the larger amount of matcha powder. I would use less confectioners' sugar next time, maybe a half-cup rather than a full cup--though that might not make enough frosting to cover the cupcakes. Though the frosting was definitely tasty and tasted like matcha, it is too sweet for me.
Warning: homemade frosting is very melty on hot days.
I also had about 6 farmers' market peaches that were going to go bad soon, so I also made a peach cobbler from this recipie, substituting soymilk for cream. I also only had 2 and 3/4 cups of peaches. If I made this again I would reduce the salt and add about a 1/4 cup more peaches than the recipie called for, to balance the fluffiness of the crust. Though the crust was very puffy, it is a bit salty as well. The peaches from the farmers' market were about half as big as a regular peach from the store, but are twice as tasty. If you can get farmers' market peaches I very much recommend it. I made this in a relatively small and shallow ceramic dish.
There are pictures at my flickr account if you click on the names of the food!
no subject
no subject
no subject