C'est La Vegan

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sometimes you just need some cake, and this guy arose from that need the other night.  I had an almost full can of coconut milk left-over in the fridge, and for some reason I was itching to bake something new (as if I don’t do enough baking already!).  “New” is the key word here, because [...]

Before going vegan, magic cookie bars (or 7-layer bars, or dream bars or whatever you called them where you were from) were one of my favorite treats.  Looking back, I realize I never actually baked them when I was younger, and I did a lot of baking.  Maybe they were even more special because I [...]

Last week in my  Bakin Wrapped Dates post I mentioned a Date Cake that I’d made, and here it is!  When I first passed the date stand at the Farmers Market I had a flash of this cake that my Mom had made when I was little.  I probably remembered it because dates sounded really [...]

Just dropped off chocolate and coconut cupcakes with vanilla buttercream to Locali in Hollywood.  If you’re in the mood for some sweets for Memorial Day you can pick them up there, and don’t forget that you can always order cupcakes directly from C’est La V Bakeshop!  Enjoy the holiday weekend!

This is a Magic Cookie bar recipe that I’m in the midst of testing to try to get it just right.  I used to know these as Seven Layer Bars and I loved them with butterscotch chips, but I can’t find any non-dairy ones around here.  To be honest, I don’t miss them that much [...]