Comments on: Mom It Down: Vanilla Cake with Chocolate Frosting.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:50:40 +0000

Good LORD that looks delicious!

Your son is beautiful :)

By: lisa

lisa — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:50:16 +0000

this cake looks divine…i may need to try it soon. and your little one was so convincingly portraying ‘yummy!”

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:30:04 +0000

Hey Mihow/Tobyjoe, have either of you tried a 100% raw diet?? Just curious.
p.s. Tobyjoe, as common sense as your comment about eating 3 “real”colors seems, I NEVER thought of vegan meals that way, My main concern was to make sure there was no meat, dairy etc etc. This is seriously going to change the way I look at my meals. Thanks!

By: Lana

Lana — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:16:33 +0000

I highly recommend the Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World book – I love cooking from it, no weird ingredients and so far, the recipes have all turned out. Take that milk and eggs! I still miss cheese. Stupid allergies.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:09:37 +0000

Would love to see you do this vegan – yum. (More so because my girl is diary/egg-allergic but same resulting recipe.) In general I haven’t had the best luck using ener-g with cake mixes, but I haven’t tried from scratch.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:22:04 +0000

@MommaA

They make some really great vegan cheeses. They taste different at first, but just like diet soda, etc., you get used to it and then you love it just as much.

By: MommaA

MommaA — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:11:26 +0000

I live in the south and come from a farming family but I totally understand how you feel; I have always hated the idea of eggs and meat. Nothing is grosser than a bloody egg! I could totally be a vegetarian if it were just me but, unfortunatley my husband and son are carnivores UG so it would involve cooking two seperate meals. Cheese on the other hand I could never give up, gross as it may be it taste heavenly :)

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:33:51 +0000

I was a vegan for a good long while, but after my gastric bypass, my body could NOT tolerate it. I was constantly anemic, had vitamin deficiencies, etc. I eat vegan a few times a week now, but I really miss it and feel incredibly guilty. I make sure I give thanks to the animals I eat…I don’t think that makes it better though.

But to your point, yeah, eggs are disgusto.

By: tobyjoe

tobyjoe — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:03:05 +0000

My best advice for (home) vegan cooks: make sure you have at least three *real* colors in every meal you cook. Otherwise you’ll end up eating nothing but beige (starch, mostly). I did it for something like 10-12 years, so trust me…

By: bambooska

bambooska — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:34:39 +0000

I’m also considering becoming vegan and a cook. I can hardly cook, everything I make turns out terribly wrong. I envy my sister and often make her do me stuff, yeah, I’m older. Anyway, I also had an accident with an egg before. I couldn’t stand it for another MONTH.

By: mihow

mihow — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:19 +0000

Yeah. Gross.

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll ever go all the way vegan because I do eat fish. I’ll likely always eat fish.

I’ll try this vegan though and get back to you.

By: stccrtr

stccrtr — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:53:01 +0000

I second the yuck factor of the bloody egg. I gave up pretty much all dairy as I can’t tolerate it well…except for cheese everynow and then. Cake looks delicous! will definatly try this recipe out…Thanks for helping me become a better baker. I am not much of a cook either haha

By: Leball

Leball — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:52:06 +0000

This sounds amazing. I’m so going to try this!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:20 +0000

oh yes, do veganize this recipe please!! We have finally taken the final step and given up eggs and dairy, not as hard as I imaged it would be. I would love to see Vegan recipes on here as I pretty much visit every day!