Chocolate Malt and Vegan Pineapple
A few weeks ago I experimented with two new recipes.
Another volunteer on my roller derby league made the excellent suggestion of chocolate malt. I decided that I would try chocolate cake with chocolate malt frosting, not wanting to overkill. I used a devil's food box mix and the frosting recipe here:
http://orangette.blogspot.com/2006/05/second-times-cupcake.html
My roommate informed me that we did, in fact, have a food processor (her blender came with an extra pitcher that works as a food processor. Apparently this is normal. I had no idea). After making the frosting, I would say it is definitely not necessary and this could easily be made with an electric hand mixer. The frosting was delicious and malty, but I felt there wasn't a whole lot of it. When I got to taste a cupcake later, I felt like it tasted great, except that the malt was understated due to the thin layer of frosting. Next time I'll just make a double recipe, and possibly add malt to the cake as well.
I used the Pineapple Right-Side-Up recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. There was no major drama here and it was fun to use the blender instead of beaters for the topping. I did not use maraschino cherries because I think they are scary and gross. After this picture was taken, I did put sprinkles on top. However, they sort of broke down and melted into the pineapple topping, making red and turquoise goo. People didn't seem to mind, but I learned the lesson of not putting sprinkles on something gooey.
Another volunteer on my roller derby league made the excellent suggestion of chocolate malt. I decided that I would try chocolate cake with chocolate malt frosting, not wanting to overkill. I used a devil's food box mix and the frosting recipe here:
http://orangette.blogspot.com/2006/05/second-times-cupcake.html
My roommate informed me that we did, in fact, have a food processor (her blender came with an extra pitcher that works as a food processor. Apparently this is normal. I had no idea). After making the frosting, I would say it is definitely not necessary and this could easily be made with an electric hand mixer. The frosting was delicious and malty, but I felt there wasn't a whole lot of it. When I got to taste a cupcake later, I felt like it tasted great, except that the malt was understated due to the thin layer of frosting. Next time I'll just make a double recipe, and possibly add malt to the cake as well.
I used the Pineapple Right-Side-Up recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. There was no major drama here and it was fun to use the blender instead of beaters for the topping. I did not use maraschino cherries because I think they are scary and gross. After this picture was taken, I did put sprinkles on top. However, they sort of broke down and melted into the pineapple topping, making red and turquoise goo. People didn't seem to mind, but I learned the lesson of not putting sprinkles on something gooey.