Vegan Cupcake class

Thursday, March 20, 2008

I’ve been meaning to upload these pictures for a while. Back in February, me and a couple friends took a Vegan cupcake class from the Boston Center for Adult Education. The instructor was a vegan baker herself. There were only 6 of us in the class and apparently there are usually about 15. Our class size was great because it was so hands on. We also got to take home quite a few cupcakes that day since we had made 6 dozen!!

I don’t have the recipes of the cupcakes, but they look similar to what can be found in Vegan Cupcakes Take over The World.

We made: Blood Orange cupcakes (which came out of the oven green!) with Orange flavored buttercream. My friend Ren made these cute little oranges out of marzipan to put on top!
Then we made Chai cupcakes with a Cardamon buttercream. Some of the other girls in the class who had never piped frosting before decorated these and I think they look awesome!
And last, but DEFINITELY not least, we made chocolate cupcakes filled with raspberry preserves and ganache and topped with ganache. Yes, we put ganache INSIDE and ON TOP of the cupcake. These were my favorite. So amazing.

Boston, Cupcakes, Dessert

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16 Responses to “Chocolate Whiskey and Beer Cupcakes”

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yumventures — March 10, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Mmmm amazing! I love all of the different flavors in each part of the recipe! Perfect for the 17th…maybe even with a drop of green food coloring =)
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Sunshine — March 10, 2010 at 2:28 pm

I’ve been wanting to make a version of htis for awhile and almost did this weekend. Now my plan is tackle them for St. Pat’s. Thanks for reminding me to do this.
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Jes — March 10, 2010 at 4:33 pm

My husband and his Army buddies LOVE these cupcakes! I get requests for them almost weekly!
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Cara — March 10, 2010 at 4:40 pm

sounds so good!! I could go for one now 🙂
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nutmegnanny — March 10, 2010 at 7:48 pm

Well I love Irish Car Bombs so in dessert form I know I would love it even more!
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Carly — March 10, 2010 at 8:10 pm

Wow – I am dying to try these. They look amazing!
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Xiaolu — March 10, 2010 at 9:14 pm

Wow these look amazing. That looks like the perfect amount of frosting, too.
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Joanne — March 11, 2010 at 12:17 am

I made these for a friend’s birthday last month and absolutely fell in love with them. They are the perfect St. Patty’s day cupcake. Or any day really. My friends proclaimed them the best they had ever tasted. Yours look fantastic!
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Brisbane Baker — March 11, 2010 at 8:07 am

What a wonderful recipe! And just in time for St Pats 😀

BB

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Kerstin — March 12, 2010 at 3:17 am

Mmm, they look amazing and are so perfect for St. Patty’s Day – yum!
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Samantha Kate — March 12, 2010 at 8:17 am

Wow these are some fancy looking cupcakes! Great job 🙂
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Shayna — October 9, 2010 at 2:34 am

I’m still in the process of making these…(Have yet to Ice and taste) But My ganache didn’t come out right…I stayed runny even when completely cooled and I can’t figure out what I did wrong 🙁
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Jen — October 11, 2010 at 12:47 am

Shayna – So sorry to hear the ganache didn’t set up. Did you try putting it in the fridge? I’ve never had that issue…
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Richele McHenry — March 14, 2013 at 3:35 pm
I am ready to make these but I do not have enough bittersweet chocolate for the ganache. Can I use semi-sweet or unsweetened chocolate? Will it still taste okay?
- beantownbaker — March 16th, 2013 @ 2:49 pm
  
  Sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner. Semisweet would work ok, I wouldn’t use unsweetened.
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Kristina — July 24, 2015 at 1:35 pm

Have you ever made these into a cake? I have made them multiple times and love them but was hoping to make this into a cake for a birthday. Any thoughts?