Comments on: Vegans Mean Business at The Bleeding Heart Bakery http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bakeanddestroy http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7428 bakeanddestroy Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:41:08 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7428 Wow. Guess I won't be winning any Bert Greene awards for this post I put together at 6am for the cupcake blog I contribute to for free. Back to journalism school for me! Wow. Guess I won’t be winning any Bert Greene awards for this post I put together at 6am for the cupcake blog I contribute to for free. Back to journalism school for me!

]]> By: gerrymander http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7425 gerrymander Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:37:45 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7425 Michelle, I doubt your actual selection would alienate anyone, now that I know its scope -- which wasn't made clear in the interview. Michelle, I doubt your actual selection would alienate anyone, now that I know its scope — which wasn’t made clear in the interview.

]]> By: gerrymander http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7424 gerrymander Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7424 Natalie, I'm not surprised that Bleeding Heart's vegan chocolate cupcake won the taste-test; the major focus of the bakery is to make tasty vegan desserts. (Neither would I be surprised to find that, in a traditional bakery, the conventional selection would be preferred -- if only because that's where the baker's expertise/preference lies.) Nonetheless, if one believes a lack of a vegan selection is an alienating choice to vegans, then a lack of a conventional selection must be similarly alienating to everyone else. Alternately, if one holds that the best tasting items are the ones a bakery owner should give preference to, then a lack of vegan selections at non-vegan bakeries is optimal (presuming the above experience/preference observation above). Holding out for both is wanting to have a cupcake, and eat it, too ;-) Natalie, I’m not surprised that Bleeding Heart’s vegan chocolate cupcake won the taste-test; the major focus of the bakery is to make tasty vegan desserts. (Neither would I be surprised to find that, in a traditional bakery, the conventional selection would be preferred — if only because that’s where the baker’s expertise/preference lies.)

Nonetheless, if one believes a lack of a vegan selection is an alienating choice to vegans, then a lack of a conventional selection must be similarly alienating to everyone else. Alternately, if one holds that the best tasting items are the ones a bakery owner should give preference to, then a lack of vegan selections at non-vegan bakeries is optimal (presuming the above experience/preference observation above). Holding out for both is wanting to have a cupcake, and eat it, too ;-)

]]> By: michelle http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7423 michelle Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:21:09 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7423 Hi all! Natalie is correct. We did taste tests on the chocolate cupcakes only, for fun, the vegan cupcake won hands down every time. That does not mean that the fillings and frostings are always vegan. In fact, did you know that most grocery store chocolate cupcakes are vegan by default? Anyhow, we make 13 types of cupcakes daily, 6 vegan,most of which are peanut free, 6 conventional, 1 gluten free and ocasionally sugar free.....offering every type under the sun. Please tell me how that would alienate someone? Hi all! Natalie is correct. We did taste tests on the chocolate cupcakes only, for fun, the vegan cupcake won hands down every time. That does not mean that the fillings and frostings are always vegan. In fact, did you know that most grocery store chocolate cupcakes are vegan by default? Anyhow, we make 13 types of cupcakes daily, 6 vegan,most of which are peanut free, 6 conventional, 1 gluten free and ocasionally sugar free…..offering every type under the sun. Please tell me how that would alienate someone?

]]> By: Natalie http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7420 Natalie Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:33:05 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7420 Actually, what it says is that they only make vegan chocolate cupcakes because it repeatedly won taste-tests over the conventional recipe. TBHB continues to offer several began and non-vegan cupcake flavors- even some with real bacon on top. Actually, what it says is that they only make vegan chocolate cupcakes because it repeatedly won taste-tests over the conventional recipe. TBHB continues to offer several began and non-vegan cupcake flavors- even some with real bacon on top.

]]> By: gerrymander http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7419 gerrymander Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:12:51 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7419 Heh. I love the total lack of self-awareness between the responses "everyone should have vegan cupcake selections, so as not to alienate people" and "we don't make non-vegan cupcakes". Heh. I love the total lack of self-awareness between the responses “everyone should have vegan cupcake selections, so as not to alienate people” and “we don’t make non-vegan cupcakes”.

]]> By: GreenEyedLillies http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7417 GreenEyedLillies Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:27:18 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7417 Looks like I need to make a trip to Chicago! Looks like I need to make a trip to Chicago!

]]> By: Jessica http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7414 Jessica Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:56:34 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7414 What an awesome interview! It made me want to travel to Chicago to visit the bakery. Love it. What an awesome interview! It made me want to travel to Chicago to visit the bakery. Love it.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2009/04/13/vegans-mean-business-at-the-bleeding-heart-bakery/#comment-7412 Nicole Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:48:45 +0000 http://www.allthingscupcake.com/?p=5295#comment-7412 What a great interview! I hope I can visit Michelle's bakery some time. What a great interview! I hope I can visit Michelle’s bakery some time.

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