28/10/2009

Vegan MoFo 2009 Day #27: Do you ever get that sinking feeling? (or not as the case might be)

These are not the Jelly Donut Cakes from Veganomicon that went wrong because my jam didn't sink. Nope. These are "A zombie sucked out my eyeball" cakes. (incidentally - if anyone can shed any light on the reason why my jam didn't sink I would appreciate it. I followed the ingredients EXACTLY except I used sunflower oil instead of canola because I can't buy canola or rapeseed oil anywhere). Anyhoo - they taste AMAZING! I've had four already. BURP!
GO VEGAN!
GO MoFo!

20 comments:

The Voracious Vegan said...

I love it! I just made zombie apocalypse cupcakes on my blog, looks like great minds think alike! These look REALLY tasty!

Vegan Epicurean said...

My best guess on what went wrong is the batter was a little too thick for the jam to sink and then to come back together and cover the jam. However, these are perfect for Halloween so I love the name change. Very creative!

Andrea said...

As long as they taste great, you should just keep making them until they look the way you want!

two vegan boys said...

These look awesome. Wow. Gotta love zombies.

I like the idea of the "Take on the Takeaway" show. That sounds like something I do. I try to replicate a restaruant meal so it is cheaper and I can eat at home and save some money. I recently tried a potato dish at an Indian restaruant that was phenomenal. Now my goal is to replicate it.

Krys
www.twoveganboys.wordpress.com

jessy said...

i think your “a zombie sucked out my eyeball” cakes look awesome, Jeni! (and how appropriate for halloween fun!) i would totally eat one or two or allllll of them! braaaaaiiiiiiins! :)

Jenni (aka Vegyogini) said...

I'm not certain because I don't have the book in front of me, but I'm pretty sure the instructions say to use really nutritionally-devoid jelly instead of jam. That could be the culprit...

miss v said...

i've never cooked with jam so i'm no help there. but i *love* that made them into spooky halloween treats instead.

Anonymous said...

I think they look FANTASTIC - and I know my little man would love one of these. I might make some for halloween.

Sophia said...

They may not have turned out perfect, but I bet they taste perfect! I've got to make some one of these days, they look very good.
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Trinity (of haiku tofu) said...

Mmm I could eat four of those right about now.

I am a substitute teacher, and all week when I've seen someone throwing a pencil (boys will inevitably throw pencils) I've said, "Even though I think an eyeball on a stick is perfect for Halloween, you better quit throwing pencils or you might put someone's eye out." Your cupcakes get me in the spirit without anyone getting hurt. perfect.

Anonymous said...

I make these cupcakes all the time and my jelly never sinks either. So I just take a dollop of batter and pour it on top of the jelly.

Mary said...

They look delicious, and if you frost them, the jam will be in the middle!

Oraphan said...

Those cup cakes look awesome and must be really really good, that's why someone is burping, haha!!!

p.s. I've been reading your blog thru email, you rock!!! And every time I come over here, my laptop downloads sooooo slow, I got lucky to night to get leave a comment:)

x said...

They look great even if the jam didn't sink which is the opposite of what happens to most people make them!

Mihl said...

What a great title for a cupcake. Totally making my day.

Lindsay Wolf said...

Perfect for Halloween! They actually look quite yummy, in my humble opinion. :)

Anonymous said...

haha! brilliant! delicious yet disgusting

Felicity said...

LOL, great name. I've made these too, and had a similar problem. No worries, so long as they taste good!

Monique a.k.a. Mo said...

They look so yummy to me!

Embee Breedlove said...

Umm... they look amazing? And it does look like the jam sunk. Maybe just not how you expected it to sink? Whatevs, I want some!!