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June 21, 2008

6:20 pm

It’s a Piece of Cake to Bake a Pretty Cake

What better way to celebrate Dr. Apricot’s birthday than with a cake? Expert baker Idlewild and I teamed up to construct something reminiscent of a cherry chip cake, but with a bit more class.

Here’s what we did: we started with a double batch of the batter for the Veganomicon Jelly Doughnut Cupcakes, and added 2 cups of candied cherries. We filled two 8″ cake pans, and baked them for 30 minutes. For frosting, we used a batch of the Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World buttercream frosting with the addition of 1 Tbsp of the syrup from a jar of maraschino cherries. Frost, pipe on some decoration and finish up with sprinkles, maraschino cherries and candles, and now you’ve got your own Cheery Cherry Cake.

Vegan Birthday Cake

Vegan Birthday Cake

5 Comments »

  1. Gorgeous cake for a fun celebration.

    Comment by VeggieGirl — June 21, 2008 @ 7:18 pm

  2. That IS a pretty cake. Great idea, adding the cherries in - bet it was delicious! Happy B-day :)

    Comment by madcap cupcake — June 21, 2008 @ 10:33 pm

  3. Beautiful!
    And I love the layout of your site–it’s fab.

    Comment by Mad About Udon — June 26, 2008 @ 11:42 am

  4. I think that another cup of cherries would have been better, but we didn’t have any more! They were really good, though.

    Thanks so much, Mad about Udon!

    Comment by jeffrey — June 26, 2008 @ 11:47 am

  5. When I was little and imagined what heaven was like, it was filled with cakes that looked just like this. I’ll have to try making one.

    Comment by Maggie — June 28, 2008 @ 1:13 am

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