It's been five months since our last baking session, so Janetta and I met up today for some kitchen shenanigans. We decided to make lemon squares because we were sick of cupcakes. Well, not really, we just wanted to try something different, and she had never made lemon squares before. Janetta found a vegan-friendly recipe online, so we got all the ingredients together and winged the rest:
The recipe called for an entire tub (!) of vegan butter
Mix, mix, mix
The crust is formed!
Squeezin' some lemons
Lemon zest pile
Lots o' lemony goodness
Blend, blend, blend
Big bowl of lemon curd
Chillin' in the fridge
Dust some icing sugar and serve!
I think the crust could have baked for a bit longer, but as far as vegan desserts go, they turned out... okay. Of course, they'd taste way better using regular butter and milk and adding eggs. (Obviously.) These have a sort of aftertaste to them that only real butter could cure. It's like the difference between using sweetener and real sugar, you know? We make vegan versions of things so all of our friends can enjoy our treats, but I think if we attempted making these again, they'd have to be non-vegan. You can fool someone with a vegan cupcake, but not with a vegan lemon square.
Seriously, I think this was a little but of a vegan baking flop. :\
ReplyDeleteThere's a plate of these in the fridge and no one's eating then, lol.
Not even I.
They do look quite good though! Perhaps I had higher expectations?
Aside from that, my nail polish looks d'lish against that lemon!
Yeah, man. I think the only people that can enjoy these are, you know, vegans. Anj seemed to enjoy them, anyway, lol. For the rest of us, they're one of those things where you eat one and don't regret it but you aren't inclined to eat another one. :P
DeleteSnickerdoodles next time??? :)
All the yellows in these pics are so cheery and peppy! Sorry, I stopped salivating at the vegan part but they look great! lol Also I agree, the nail polish looks especially awesome against all the yellows!
ReplyDeleteHaha, yeah, making certain things vegan is bad news bears. Vegan cupcakes are really good, though, and you really can't tell the difference (really!). I think we're going to try to make vegan Snickerdoodles next time. :D
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