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One of Chloe's vegan cupcakes (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist)
Blogger Quarrygirl has a full recap of the episode, where she breaks down the cruelty-free cupcake action. For the first round, Coscarelli made a "ginger nutmeg spice cake w/ a vanilla bean buttercream frosting, date drizzle and sweet almond topping," and while "the judges were doubtful at first" they really liked what they were eating, and "raved about them non-stop."
In Round 2, when they were challenged to produce 3 flavors of cupcakes, Coscarelli baked up "chocolate strawberry shortcake, raspberry tiramisu, and dark chocolate orange" cupcakes, all 100% vegan, and pulled the highest scores. In the one-to-one final round, the bakers had to not only bake, but come up with an elaborate display for an event. Despite some tense moments, once again Coscarelli won the round...and the show.
It's not everyday that vegan cupcakes are favored over the traditional dairy-heavy ones, but like earlier this year when Coscarelli's vegan panino won Brentwood's Coral Tree Cafe's "Panini Off" competition, this shows that vegan food is growing in acceptance, popularity, and prominence. Want to try some of Coscarelli's cupcakes? The local chef and vegan herself told us she shares her recipes on her website, and urges people to try them out at home.
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So awesome she shared her winning recipe. Great project for the weekend. =]
Spoiler Alert! I guess I'll be deleting this episode off my DVR.
Winning recipe is interesting. If it really won on its own merit, then its worth giving it a shot. I'll just make sure to eat double the steak afterwards. :)
Cool..thanks for sharing the recipe not many people do it...as far as i am aware no one tell their secrets about how things work..great work..will try to day evening when i get back from work.
That was a fun show to watch but the host made it almost unbearable. Someone tell that guy to stop with the stupid puns.
Does Chef Chloe have her own bakery/store? I hope she participates in next year's Cupcake Challenge in Hollywood.
The pastas on her website's gallery looks absolutely amazing. Drool.