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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14 Responses to “12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Kisses”

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Katie — December 22, 2008 at 7:13 pm

These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ve never seen a treat so perfect! So impressed!!
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Joelen — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Beautiful job! I love the addition of chocolate and peppermint on the bottom for additional texture!
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Amy Kingman — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh my goodness those are so pretty!
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~Amber~ — December 23, 2008 at 1:33 am

OMG these are adorable!! Great job.
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Tiffany and Ganesh — December 23, 2008 at 1:52 am

wow, these are so pretty and look delish!
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Scott W. — December 23, 2008 at 2:36 am

how great are these! you can’t buy something that looks so nice.
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 2:50 am

Thanks everyone. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. Everyone loved them.
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Hallie Fae — December 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Wow, I’m impressed. Those look great. What did you do with over 100 meringues?? 🙂
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Hallie – I took half to a holiday potluck and the other have came to my in-laws with us for Christmas. They’re going on the cookie tray. The good thing is they keep well and go fast! And Hubby loves them so I have a hard time keeping his hand out of the bag of these guys.
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Steph — December 30, 2008 at 11:39 pm

These are beautiful!
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Ali — November 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Hi, these look great and I want to try them as gifts this year. Thanks! One question, how do you “paint” the red coloring into the bag?
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Jen — November 15, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Ali,

Using a small paint brush, I dipped it into the food coloring and painted stripes on the inside of the pastry bag prior to filling it with the meringue.
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cindy6174 — January 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm

These as well as your Raspberry Meringue Cookies look wonderful. I wish I had come upon these before the holidays as they would have made a great addition to my cookie plate!
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Cornelius the Pig — December 22, 2010 at 6:03 am

i realize these were posted 2 years ago… but i just found them and they look wonderful! so pretty!