Dessert Trial

Tonight my parents had some family friends over for dinner. They happen to be vegans, so obviously they became my dessert guinea pigs. I served a sampling of the vegan desserts I prepared earlier this week as a trial run for Gitana's upcoming wedding: chocolate truffles, golden vanilla cupcakes with strawberry buttercream frosting, and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Hey, even though the bride lives 3,500 miles away from the pastry chef, somebody's still gotta test the wedding cake (or, in this case, assortment of miniature desserts). I am happy to report that it was a great success! Oblivious to the fact that they were my guinea pigs, the company said, "These are delicious - you can't even tell they're vegan! You should make them for your friend's wedding." Done and done, folks.

chocolate truffles, admired from afar

chocolate truffles, up close and personal

my little army of golden vanilla cupcakes with strawberry buttercream frosting

oatmeal chocolate chip minis

Two more recipes remain to be tested: Brownies and Biscotti B. (I trialed Biscotti A last week. It was a veganized version of my mom's famously popular omnivore biscotti. While they turned out well and disappeared in a matter of days, I'm eager to test this other made-for-vegans recipe. Especially now that I received my shipment of vegan white chocolate chips from veganstore.com) Updates to follow!