C'est La Vegan

  UPDATE: I want to thank everyone who came out for the Cupcakes & Beer party on Saturday!  You guys were so awesome, and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support.  It was such a fun night, even with all the drama that went down outside…  Looks like Hollywood’s craziness is moving [...]

St. Patrick’s day is almost here!  Bring on the green plates!  I have some yummy, boozy drinks to share with you later this week, but first I wanted to feature some tasty foodz that will help absorb some of that alcohol.  I hope you enjoy these past favorites! Let’s start with some vegan Irish sausages, [...]

Here it is guys, the final cupcake I would have made had I advanced to Round 2 of Cupcake Wars – a Grasshopper Cupcake!  This one is a light cocoa mint cake topped with Creme de Menthe frosting, Creme de Cacao whip and a maraschino cherry on top. When Michelle and I were waiting to [...]

Moving right along through the cupcakes I didn’t get a chance to show you on Cupcake Wars, here’s the next Round 2 flavor I would have made – a Jelly Donut and Coffee Cupcake.  I revamped my Sugar Donut Muffin into a cupcake, filled it with an organic mixed berry conserve, and topped it off [...]

I know what you’re thinking – Another Cupcake Wars cupcake?  How?  What?  Um… Kim, you didn’t make it to Round 2…  How could you have another cupcake from the show? Just because I got eliminated after the first round doesn’t mean I didn’t plan for Round 2!  And you can bet your sweet little cupcake [...]

Finally, my Cupcake Wars episode has aired and I don’t have to keep any more secrets!  Well, I guess there’s actually a lot I can’t say about the actual production of the show due to the many, many confidentiality forms I had to sign, but you know what I mean… I can tell you guys [...]

I’m so excited to announce that C’est La V Bakeshop is now offering cakes!  You may have already suspected that this announcement was coming since I’ve been writing about cakes recently here at C’est La Vegan.  I’ve definitely been having a lot of fun experimenting with different flavors and designs as of late. The cake [...]

Ryan and I are headed out of town next week for a MUCH needed vacation to Walt Disney World!  The trip is to celebrate my mom’s 70th birthday, and we’ll be meeting my parents and my sister and her family down in Florida.  I’ve been doing a ton of research on vegan options in the [...]

This recipe comes from the book Simply Scones that I was telling you guys about on Monday.  The name of this one had me at hello, if you know what I mean.  I have to admit that I don’t think I would have ever thought to make a peanut butter scone, as much as I [...]

I made these muffins over the weekend as a quick breakfast before we headed out to the Huntington gardens with Ryan’s parents.  If you live in the L.A. area and you haven’t been to the Huntington, you should definitely check it out.  They have some great exhibits going on right now, and the gardens themselves [...]

In honor of the holiday I wanted to post these heart-shaped linzer sandwich cookies that I made for the Animal Acres Valentine’s Bake Sale yesterday.  I’ve been wanting to test this recipe out for a while now, and the bake sale gave me the perfect excuse to try them out. These were really tasty – [...]

For a long time, I was really afraid of cakes, even when I made them at the bakery.  When I was probably 5 or 6 years old, I slipped carrying my Dad’s birthday cake.  I was so excited to bring his cake in to him, and dropping it upset me so much that it’s haunted [...]

Keeping with my theme of featuring foods with aphrodisiac qualities, this bread pudding packs in three of them – banana, chocolate and nutmeg.  The rum sauce doesn’t hurt either.  I don’t know that alcohol is technically considered an aphrodisiac, but it seems to do the job! This recipe is from the book Veganomicon, and since [...]