Two big events have passed with out so much as a peep about the delicious meals I have intaked.
1st- I turned 28. My baby boy had a cold, so my fun day of going to coffee and meeting some friends to bake and craft turned into a day at home with not a lot going on. My big present to myself was gong to be a nap, which didn't pan out either. The gentleman in my life had to work late so I ended up eating take out from Saturn Cafe with my mom watching Grey's Anatomy. Not all that different from a normal day, but really not all that bad either. What was a lovelier part of the day was my adventure in cake making. I've made a lot of cupcakes lately and wanted to have a big giant slice of cake. So I made what I would like to call my Galaxy Cake.
It's a chocolate cake flavored with coconut frosted with coconut buttercream. What was really special was the awesome package I receive from my BFF Margy which contained 2 types of homemade body scrub (yay!) and a big 'ol jar of homemade vegan caramel sauce. As soon as the package arrived I attacked it with a large spoon. The jar came full, you you can see that as this picture was taken the day of my birthday I really had a go at it. I smeared both layers of the cake with caramel sauce, then frosted. On teh top of the cake I pipped a circle, then filled it with chocolate from everyone's favorite cupcake book and Margy's caramel sauce. She found this somewhere online, I'll have to ask her where, because it was damn good.
2nd- In other exciting eating events we had thanksgiving. I made a pumpkin pie from Karina's Kitchen that turned out fabulous (thank you so much for the recipe!) and I had my first experience with making seitan. I tell you, it went well, very well indeed. I used a recipe from Vegan Dad and it was foolproof! See the pictures below, I apologize for their yellow tint, the kitchen doesn't have great bulb light. I whipped together some homemade stuffing and rolled these beauties up. They were super easy and so delicious. I made two hoping to have leftovers, nope!! all eaten, and there were only 2 veggies out of the 13 guests. It was a hit. I'll share my pumpkin cinnamon rolls with pumpkin cream cheese frosting soon.. must go bake for my man's christmas party tomorrow- 100 mini cupcakes here I come!!
