Debbie
1437 posts
Jan 27, 2008
8:32 PM
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Well, I read Mimi's post too late. I already did an experiment with the soyatoo whipped frosting, just now.
It's amazing that it holds. Unlike the canned one, I whipped it up and put a few tablespoons powdered sugar. I piped a few shells with my cake decorating tips on a small plate. Let it sit in the fridge for a few hours and it holds. Wonderful! Now I can frost cake with whipped frosting instead of the vegan butter cream.
Unfortunately, I then added the melted chocolate. It didn't work. The melted chocolate will not mix with the whipped soyatoo. It is not as thin as regular whip cream (milk cream), it is a glob of white soft cream already. Then, when it is whipped in a mixer on a high speed, it becomes very creamy and stiff. It won't be as stiff as a butter cream that you can make a flower to decorate cakes but it is good enough for making shells and borders.
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Debbie
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne
Last Edited on 28-Jan-2008 9:39 AM
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
2265 posts
Jan 27, 2008
9:53 PM
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That's great, Debbie! Now I just have to convuince out HFS to carry it!
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Debbie
1439 posts
Jan 28, 2008
12:11 PM
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Yes, Bryanna, you should convince the store in your area to get it. It's expensive but it's worth to try it. :-)
I just got a call that the birthday cake was a success (eaten this morning) and no one believed it that it was vegan.
It's a 'too good to be true' product. I wonder if it is real vegan or we will all be fooled like the Emes jel fiasco. When I visited the site and checked it looks like it's all true.
I don't know how they make it so white and creamy. It's not as heavy as regular whip cream but it has almost the same consistency as regular whip cream.
My co-worker who is an Eastern Orthodox tried using this during their lent last month. She is not supposed to eat dairy during the lent. She served whipped soyatoo on her baked apple desserts. She said her guests were afraid to eat it because it looks like real whip cream. Her guests thought that she fooled them with cool whip although she assured them that it has no dairy in it.
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Debbie
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne
Last Edited on 28-Jan-2008 12:12 PM
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Bryanna
Owner/Moderator
2266 posts
Jan 28, 2008
4:52 PM
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I DEFINITELY have to get this!
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Debbie
1442 posts
Jan 29, 2008
7:24 PM
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Picture of the birthday cake I made with chocolate soyatoo frosting.
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Debbie
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne
Last Edited on 29-Jan-2008 7:25 PM
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Mimi
41 posts
Jan 30, 2008
8:29 PM
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Great news, Debbie! You might try whipping the cream with 1 Tblsp. cocoa powder instead of melted chocolate. After whipping, add 1-2 Tblsp. 10x sugar if necessary. Let us know if you try it!
Mimi
www.localdc.com/cooking
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Debbie
1446 posts
Jan 31, 2008
8:50 AM
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Mimi,
Yes, that's what I did. I didn't read your post before I tried it. Unfortunately, I added the melted chocolate. Then, found out it didn't work. So I added to cocoa powder.
That's why the shells didn't look too good in the picture. You can also see the tiny specks of hardened melted chocolate in the frosting. It had become chocolate chip frosting.
When it was white I was able to pipe very nice shells for the border. Then after I added the melted chocolate the shells didn't work well. So the trick is just with cocoa powder and powdered sugar.
Thanks so much! I truly enjoyed my experiment.
It didn't matter that it didn't work well. The cake was gobbled up in 1 day. I put fresh banana filling (the birthday guy likes banana and chocolate) in the middle with the frosting. I told the guy who had the birthday to eat the cake within a day or two because of the banana. He told me the next day, 'There was no problem with the bananas going bad. I finished the cake last night.' After his party, there were 4 or 5 slices of the cake and he ate them all in one night. The botched frosting was still delicious.
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Debbie
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ~ Harriet Van Horne
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jkl
4 posts
Mar 05, 2008
6:10 PM
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I stopped buying the ones in the cans because the nozzle was constantly clogged/breaking and I was tired of throwing out half-full cans of the stuff (it's not cheap!)
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