Any Vegan Halloween Foods Ideas? (Bundt cake, Cupcake, Spice, whip)

[Cliffie]

I'm thinking of whipping up a vegan spice cake, tricked out to look like a pumpkin, for the Halloween gala Monday after next. But most parties, especially Halloween parties, are so overloaded with sweets. Can anyone suggest a vegan entrée that is also Halloweeny?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Cliffie

I'm thinking of whipping up a vegan spice cake, tricked out to look like a pumpkin, for the Halloween gala Monday after next. But most parties, especially Halloween parties, are so overloaded with sweets. Can anyone suggest a vegan entrée that is also Halloweeny?

Could do a squash soup or a vegan chili served in a pumpkin shell.

[Cliffie]

Mmm, that's a good one. I also thought of baking orange sweet peppers, carved into jack o'lanterns and filled with some kind of rice-and-beany stuffing.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Cliffie

Mmm, that's a good one. I also thought of baking orange sweet peppers, carved into jack o'lanterns and filled with some kind of rice-and-beany stuffing.

What a great idea! I'm stealing it, lol.

Or quinoa and squash as the stuffing...

[sheena12]

The absolute easiest desert to make is spice cupcakes or bunt cake using a Duncan Heinz spice cake mix and a 16oz can of solid packed pumpkin. (I find bundt cake easier than layer cake - you can just drip this icing down the sides and not deal with layers. I have done the Bundt cake with orange frosting and used black frosting to create the eyes nose and mouth.

I have several good vegan icing - frosting recipes.

I like Cliffie's idea of Jack O'Lantern stuffed peppers and MQ's idea of a Quinoa and Squash stuffing.

Now that I have an empty nest, and a neighborhood full of children, I'll probably take out pizza from Rise Pies, a vegan gluten free friendly pizzeria in my area.

And bake a vegan pumpkin pie using silken tofu. I have that recipe if anyone needs it.

[Cliffie]

Originally Posted by sheena12

And bake a vegan pumpkin pie using silken tofu. I have that recipe if anyone needs it.

I wound up making my own vegan pumpkin pie along with the baked jack o'lanterns. It went over very well. Someone brought a phenomenal vegan squash soup. It was nice to have so many entrees available and not just sweets out the kazoo.