Showing posts with label bake sale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bake sale. Show all posts

Friday, 3 June 2011

Brightons 1st Vegan Bake Sale

We held Brighton's first vegan bake sale last weekend & it was awesome! We had donations from vegan businesses, Ms Cupcake & Titbits Catering alongside fantastic goodies from local bakers. Kip, Holley & I had loads of fun on the day & we ended up raising £480 to be split between Sea Shepherd & local charity the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service.

We set up our stall outside local cafe WaiKikaMooKau, I really appreciate them letting us take up so much of their space on a busy Saturday afternoon, our table ended up having to be double the size I'd agreed with them because we just had SO MUCH stuff.

I made this awesome sign, I have no artistic skills but I'm okay with a pair of scissors & some double sided tape. Is it just me or does it look like it was made by a 5 year old?

Below you can see our cupcake stand with cupcakes made by me & Ms Cupcake, in front of the stand are choco coco oat balls & red pepper, thyme & tofu mini filo pastry quiches made by Laura Dakin the head chef on Sea Shepherd's ship, Spelt Courgette Muffins that I made using the recipe from the Babycakes cookbook, Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Cake by a local baker, more cupcakes, my gooey chocolate brownies & gluten free banana breads - another Babycakes recipe.

On the stand at the back are cookies donated by a couple of local bakers. We had double chocolate, peanut butter choc chip & orange. Yum! We packaged some up all pretty...

Here's a close up of the cupcakes! We have Earl Grey Tea & Crunchie by Ms Cupcake and then Peanut Butter Bombshell, Sweetie, Double Chocolate, Candy Cane Joe Joe & Raspberry by my very new business Operation Icing...I think I need to write a whole new blog post about that don't I?!

In the bottom right corner of that picture you can see Kip's delicious Shortbread & the Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies she made using the recipe in The Vegan Cookie Connoisseur. Kip also made the Gingerbread Biscotti with a lemon glaze which we were calling "magical sticks" by the end of the day thanks to a suggestion by one of our customers.

Kip also made Giant Peanut Butter Cookies which were really popular & Baked Bean & Cheezly Cornish Pasties, I bought one as soon as I saw them come out of her bag & they were SO delicious. I want to hire her to live in my house & make these for me every day!

Talking of popular, all of the cupcakes were totally sold out by 1:30! Next time I'll make 6 or 7 batches instead of 4.

Sadly I didn't manage to snap any pictures of them but halfway through the day we received a double chocolate & jam layer cake & four, yes four, chocolate cakes to add to our selection of goodies. It was perfect timing as we were just running out of cupcakes.

I'll leave you with a close up of my brownies & a glimpse at my business cards...more about that next time!

Head on over to Kips blog to see more pic's from the day, she even has pictures with people in them!

Monday, 16 May 2011

Brighton Vegan Bakesale.

We're puttin' on a bake sale! It's Brighton's first time taking part in the WWVBS & our stall will be located outside the WaiKikaMooKau cafe on Kensington Gardens. The sale takes place on Saturday May 28th, which is just under two weeks away people! We'll be there from 10am & we're not going home until we sell out.

Here are the details on a fancy poster...

The money we're raising will be split between Sea Shepherd & one of my favourite local charities the East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service.

We're still looking for people to contribute baked goods to the sale so please leave me a comment or e-mail me at jojo . huxster (@) me . com if you can help. If not, no worries, I'm sure we'll see you there!

So far we have had donations pledged by the lovely people at Ms Cupcake, The Home Cakery & Titbits Catering as well as this list of baked goods made by our individual supporters:

Sweetie Cupcakes
Double Chocolate Cupcakes (featured on the poster)
Candy Cane Joe Joe Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
Chocolate Cheesecake
Gluten Free Banana Bread
Zuccini Spelt Muffins
Cookies
Quiche

I'm really excited, I've organised a gig for charity before but never a bake sale so I hope it goes well. Wish us luck!