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Metalcakes.
Feb. 5th, 2010 10:28 amToday is my last day at my current employer. Next week I will be starting at New Job.
When people leave here, HR usually buys a premade cake and everyone stands around saying awkward farewells. They buy this cake even when they know that the person leaving cannot eat one or more things in the cake. They usually try to buy something small like a veggie tray for someone who can't eat it, but what they buy ends up usually being pretty miserable next to the big shiny cake.
I've been at this company for four years, and I have some pretty compelling reasons for leaving. But I've made some pretty dear friends here, and I'm sad that I won't be working with them any more. Not sad enough to stay, mind you, but I will miss them. So I'd like my last day and my Awkward Cake Party to be nice, yes? I most certainly do NOT want to have an awkward cake party where neither myself nor one of my dearest friends who is also my coworker can eat.
So last night, Olivia (my other food-intolerant buddy) and I got together and made gluten-free, corn-free, vegan Metalcakes. The decorations were inspired by recipes from the Metalcakes blog, but the recipes were taken from Gluten Free Goddess.
The specific themes I used from Metalcakes were Hellbent for Cupcakes and Edible Autopsy Cakes.
The recipes I used in place of the egg, dairy, wheat, and cornstarch-containing recipes, were: vanilla cupcakes with mocha frosting, and apple cinnamon muffins.
So far they look good, and the batter tasted good, but I haven't tried the finished product yet. I'll update after the Awkward Cake Party.
Behold:
Tasty, vegan sludge.
Hellbent, hellbent for cupcakes!
Mutilated beyond belief, but still kept alive.
Ghouls! Attack the frosting!
We ran out of frosting, so there was one poor vanilla cupcake that was not invited to the S&M party.
And yes, we did listen to heavy metal, including Judas Priest, while making these cupcakes. We also had to make our own confections' sugar, since all commercial confectioners' sugar is made with corn starch. 1 tbsp potato or tapioa starch + 1 cup sugar in a vitamix with the dry blade attachment = Becca-safe confectioners' sugar.
Full Flickr Set (not that many extra pictures.)
When people leave here, HR usually buys a premade cake and everyone stands around saying awkward farewells. They buy this cake even when they know that the person leaving cannot eat one or more things in the cake. They usually try to buy something small like a veggie tray for someone who can't eat it, but what they buy ends up usually being pretty miserable next to the big shiny cake.
I've been at this company for four years, and I have some pretty compelling reasons for leaving. But I've made some pretty dear friends here, and I'm sad that I won't be working with them any more. Not sad enough to stay, mind you, but I will miss them. So I'd like my last day and my Awkward Cake Party to be nice, yes? I most certainly do NOT want to have an awkward cake party where neither myself nor one of my dearest friends who is also my coworker can eat.
So last night, Olivia (my other food-intolerant buddy) and I got together and made gluten-free, corn-free, vegan Metalcakes. The decorations were inspired by recipes from the Metalcakes blog, but the recipes were taken from Gluten Free Goddess.
The specific themes I used from Metalcakes were Hellbent for Cupcakes and Edible Autopsy Cakes.
The recipes I used in place of the egg, dairy, wheat, and cornstarch-containing recipes, were: vanilla cupcakes with mocha frosting, and apple cinnamon muffins.
So far they look good, and the batter tasted good, but I haven't tried the finished product yet. I'll update after the Awkward Cake Party.
Behold:
Tasty, vegan sludge.
Hellbent, hellbent for cupcakes!
Mutilated beyond belief, but still kept alive.
Ghouls! Attack the frosting!
We ran out of frosting, so there was one poor vanilla cupcake that was not invited to the S&M party.
And yes, we did listen to heavy metal, including Judas Priest, while making these cupcakes. We also had to make our own confections' sugar, since all commercial confectioners' sugar is made with corn starch. 1 tbsp potato or tapioa starch + 1 cup sugar in a vitamix with the dry blade attachment = Becca-safe confectioners' sugar.
Full Flickr Set (not that many extra pictures.)
