Vegan MoFo Day 1: Intro to my Month, Cupcakes

Yes it is upon us again...Vegan Month of Food 2012 Edition.  Vegan MOFO is awesome.  It is a chance to blog about all things deliciously vegan.  The MoFo-ers ask that we do a minimum of 20 posts but I am going to try and do one everyday, maybe more.  I know. I KNOW!!!  This Mama just had a baby 2 weeks ago, the Papa started a new career and the Eldest Babes are amazingly exuberant and requiring a lot of stimulation.  Not to mention I will be incorporating a little homeschooling into the mix.  Well, Vegan Mofo is awesome.  The month of October propels me:  changing leaves, changing lives, changing body, changing babes.

This year I decided to go simple with a theme.  I will be making 31 varieties of cupcakes over the month.  My goal is to bake a cupcake each day but realizing that some days may be a bit of a write off with the amount of responsibility in the mess, I may not get to it.  So some days I may not bake at all but others I may bake 4 varieties.  We'll see.  31 Cupcakes are promised however.

Here is a tentative list of the cupcakes I would love to complete (they are all courtesy of the amazing Isa Chandra - the vegan Goddess that I wish to meet desperately...last year I won a signed copy of her book Vegan Pie in the Sky):

1. Golden Vanilla Cupcakes
2. Your Basic Chocolate Cupcake
3. Carrot Cake Cupcakes
4. Gingerbread Cupcakes
5. Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes
6. Peanut Butter
7. Chocolate Cherry Creme 
8. Brooklyn vs. Boston Cream Pie Cakes
9. Maple Cupcakes
10. Pineapple Right-Side Up
11. Chocolate Mint
12. Smores
13. Brooklyn Brownie
14. Banana Split 
15. Toasted Coconut 
16. Dulce Sin Leche
17. Lemon Macadamia
18. Green Tea with Green Tea Glaze & Almond Flowers
19. Mexican Hot Chocolate
20. Coconut Lime
21. Chai Latte
22. Pistachio Rosewater (DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET ROSEWATER?)
23. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip
24. Apple Cider 
25. Mucho Margarita
26. Blueberry Lemon Creme
27. Cappuccino
28. Sexy Low-Fat Vanilla
29. Peanut Butter Bombes
30. Peanut Butter Chocolate Heavencakes
31. Simple Vanilla and Agave Nectar

Let the Vegan Yummy Games Begin!!!

My Grocery List for Tomorrow:

Cupcake Liners

Icing Sugar

Canola Oil

Soygurt

Walnuts

Raisins

Carrots

Lemon Zest

Vegan Shortening (Earth Balance of course!)

Vegan Buttery Spread

Chocolate Chips