Publisher Description

The hosts of the vegan cooking show The Post Punk Kitchen are back with a vengeance , and this time, dessert. A companion volume to Vegan with a Vengeance, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World is a sweet and sassy guide to baking everyone's favourite treat without using any animal products. This unique cookbook contains over 50 recipes for cupcakes and frostings , some innovative, some classics , with beautiful full colour photographs. Isa and Terry offer delicious, cheap, dairy-free, egg-free and vegan-friendly recipes like Classic Vanilla Cupcakes (with chocolate frosting), Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes (red velvet with creamy white frosting), Linzer Torte Cupcakes (hazelnut with raspberry and chocolate ganache), Chai Latte Cupcakes (with powdered sugar) and Banana Split Cupcakes (banana-chocolate chip-pineapple with fluffy frosting). Included also are gluten-free recipes, decorating tips, baking guidelines, vegan shopping advice, and Isa's true cupcake anecdotes from the trenches. When Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, no dessert lover can resist.

Author Biography

Isa Chandra Moskowitz has been cooking up trouble in New York City since the eighties, when she discovered punk rock and vegetarianism. Her public access cooking show, the Post Punk Kitchen, filmed in her small Brooklyn apartment, has been a smash hit since it hit the airwaves in 2003. She has been inspiring fans of vegan food and loud music ever since. The Post Punk Kitchen won VegNews' Veggies award for Best Cooking DVD and has been featured in media from Bust to Herbivore to Gothamist.com. Isa also hosts cooking demonstrations and can be found online at Romero co-hosts the Post Punk Kitchen and can't believe she lives in Queens.Contributor residences (city, state or country if outside the US or Canada): Brooklyn, NY Queens, NY

Review

GirlGetStrong.com, 4/30/10 "Another gem by Isa Moskowitz, this cupcake bible includes 75 different recipes for cupcake batter and frosting...Vegan Cupcakes will tantalize and inspire, especially with the beautiful photos of each recipe." The Auburn Citizen, 12/29/10 "Will satisfy almost everyone's sweet tooth and visions of sugarplums." iVillage.com, 1/18/11"These [Peanut Butter] cupcakes are pushed to maximum peanuty capacity and still remain moist and fluffy. Chunky peanut butter, molasses and flaxseed give them an intense flavor and nutty texture." iVillage.com, 1/18/11 "[The Sexy Low-Fat Vanilla Cupcakes are] vanilla-scented gems." The RetailMeNot Insider, 5/23/11"Granted, these authors aren't on restricted diets due to allergies or celiac disease, but their wildly inventive vegan desserts are dairy- and egg-free, and they have a whole section on how to make cookies without wheat." BizIndia.net, 11/21/11 "Isa and Terry deserve top marks with for this unique collection of highly creative recipes for out-of-this-world cupcakes. Get your copy now, get cookin' and get tremendous satisfaction from making these unusual cupcakes." VegNews, September/October 2012"Marks an important milestone for veganism in that it proved to the mainstream that vegan food can be awesome."

Long Description

The hosts of the vegan cooking show The Post Punk Kitchen are back with a vengeance , and this time, dessert. A companion volume to Vegan with a Vengeance, Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World is a sweet and sassy guide to baking everyone's favourite treat without using any animal products. This unique cookbook contains over 50 recipes for cupcakes and frostings , some innovative, some classics , with beautiful full colour photographs. Isa and Terry offer delicious, cheap, dairy-free, egg-free and vegan-friendly recipes like Classic Vanilla Cupcakes (with chocolate frosting), Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes (red velvet with creamy white frosting), Linzer Torte Cupcakes (hazelnut with raspberry and chocolate ganache), Chai Latte Cupcakes (with powdered sugar) and Banana Split Cupcakes (banana-chocolate chip-pineapple with fluffy frosting). Included also are gluten-free recipes, decorating tips, baking guidelines, vegan shopping advice, and Isa's true cupcake anecdotes from the trenches. When Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, no dessert lover can resist.

Review Quote

GirlGetStrong.com, 4/30/10 Another gem by Isa Moskowitz, this cupcake bible includes 75 different recipes for cupcake batter and frosting

Promotional "Headline"

From the author of the popular, fast-selling Vegan with a Vengeance , the first vegan cookbook dedicated to kick-ass cupcakes, gift-sized with inspired recipes and luscious full-color photos- for the growing legions of vegans and cupcake lovers alike

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