Cupcakes & Cobbler

[eredien]

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!

Comments

[zdenka]

That sounds yummy. I will save the recipes. Are Oreos vegan, then?

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Rosewater? Dear gods awesome cool!

(Dunno if occultatio reads this journal, but if not, you should totally send him the recipes!)

[thoughtsdriftby.livejournal.com]

You have great timing, my little peach tree just happens to have an abundance of peaches. :-)
(it's a smaller fuzzy variety with a raggedy pit, lots of flavor)

Thank You

[thoughtsdriftby.livejournal.com]

The peach cobbler is made and it's very good

Maybe a bit more than 3 1/2 cups of peaches, quartered not sliced
(they were in the 2 1/2 to 3" size range before peeling)
salt was reduced per suggestion, I used 1/2 teaspoon
I used a soy creamer instead of cream or soy milk

I did bring it out at a light tanning.
I'll likely go for a fuller tan next time, but it's not uncooked ~40 minutes at 375 but the tan would be a better look and the crust is light enough to not toughen. Could also move the rack up.

Only regret. No ice cream in the house.

Thank You!