Vegan Brunch is Here!Raspberries!Victoria!Danishes!Etc...

OHMYGOD YOU GUYS!DID YOU KNOW THAT VEGAN BRUNCH IS FINALLY HERE?!
to celebrate,these are the Bakery-Style Mixed Berry Muffins.They're pretty much going to be the new 'Best Pumpkin Muffins'.Does that make sense?They're really big,fluffy,perfectly moist,sweet,and well,muffin-y in the best way possible.For this batch I used whole wheat pastry flour,will no-less awesome results.


and speaking of bother berries and isa,here is the Raspberry Blackout Cake from Vegan with a Vengeance.
I'm instantly reminded of why I will always love that book.
This was for Mimi's 30th birthday.I was all fancy and used organic raspberry preserves and even bought fresh raspberries at the new Whole Foods to decorate it.And they cost a small fortune.But some made their way into the muffs.

and speaking of raspberries...

Raspberry Blackout Danish.Danish with a chocolate hazelnut raspberry filling.



mini Zebra Pastry.
Just cuz.











Oh and last week I went with my good friends Joanne and Glenn of Liberation BC fame to Victoria,where Joanne,who is working at HSI currently was organizing a bear trophy hunting demonstration at the Parliament building.We built a teddy bear monument.It was really fun.Though,it started pouring at about 10 to 2,right when it started.Fun.
It went really well though.


soya.




Oh,and I should mention that Denyce,a fellow ppker had been in contact with me about mail ordering some danishes and cinnamon rolls the week previous.How serendipitous that I would be going to Victoria,so we met up and I sold her some goods.Also,I provided nourishment for the 5 of us who drove over:


very professional.




sick of seeing danishes yet?




green cuisine.


mango.


honeydew.





bird watching.


...and of course there was coffees.
But really fantastic coffee from 2% Jazz.

soy macchiato #1.


soy macchiato #2.for FREE!

the first one was good,but this one was ambrosial.f'reals.
and prettier.
apparently it was a shorter pull.
can i mention that they use Soy Dream soymilk?
yeah,the guy and i were talking and i was like "well,if you can make the macchiato really pretty,that's a bonus.."and he was all "well,latte art with soymilk is easy,but it's just generally harder in a macchiato" and so i had the first one and then he just looked at me and was like "do you want another?"
how great is that?

oh and i'll also mention that soy dream french vanilla ice cream is amazing.people don't really seem to like it!
wtf is with all these companies making vanilla bean,when french vanilla,all off-white/manilla coloured,is the best?!and they don't even sell it here anymore.laaame.






done.

and more coffee:

free-pour soy cappuccino at wicked cafe.
it's nice to get intelligentsia coffees in vancouver,especially since all anywhere else seems to serve is 49th parallel.diversity is good and nice.


I finally used my free coffee stamp card at wicked cafe last week.i had to make an event of it so i brought dan,his boyfriend james,and maria.

My Big Fat Vegan Bake Sale V 1.0-7 Danish Varieties,Cinnamon Rolls Squared,Myriad of Cookies,Peanut Butter Cups,etc...

Regular Cinnamon Rolls.


Wheat-Free Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls

Hi.So last Sunday I participated in the BLIM Monthly Community Market.I was selling vegan baked goods.I did this back in December,but that was the big winter market,and back then they were only once a season.Now they're monthly!

"Blim community market will be on last Sunday of every month from 11–6 PM. It will include 30 vendors, live music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community."

next one is may 24th-and i'll be selling again!

it went really really well!it was a lot of work,but i sold a lot of stuff,made some money,and had a good time!i made A LOT of stuff,though...






Me and the spread before the sale started.There's Lisa,to my right!


so,there was 7 different types of danishes...



Peach Melba Danish.


Concord Grape Danish.


Apple Pie Danish.


Blueberry Danish.


Toasted Coconut Mango Danish.


Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish.

and that's the epic variety of danishes i made.i made about 60 in total.they sold.

and here's some more stuff i had...


Magic Bars.


the best cookies EVER.
made with White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter and vegan white chocolate chips.


the internet will agree.they came twice!


self-explanatory.


there was lots of cookies!
the ones on the right and left of the platter are oatmeal raisin,oatmeal chocolate chunk,or oatmeal with coconut,pecans and cranberries.


babes.


i hadn't seen ashley since september and she surprised me by coming!she had no other plans,so i made her work at the table with me so i could use the bathroom and not get my hands sticky and stuff.


some crazy woman was being all gross and wouldn't leave me alone


but check out the vendor behing her.ha.






and i'll leave you with a picture of darwin,who was eating mango,too.well,mango on something...i dunno.
thanks to darwin for encouraging me to do this-i ran into him at gene 6 days before,and because of that phoned yuriko that night and took a spot from somebody who cancelled!
big thanks to BLIM for putting this one-it's really great to get so many artists and designers attention/ exposure to customers/interested people that they normally wouldn't get.
and it was really a success,so i'm going to be doing them the rest of the summer,so if yr in vancouver,definitley come!!!