Friday, May 15, 2009

Cupcakes for Cancer!





My son comes home from school on Monday and says "oh mom, I signed you up to make 40 cupcakes for the school bake sale on Thursday". Wow that's alot, I was thinking. Not 12, not 24, but 40? I asked him why he signed me up to make so many and he told me that if they didn't get enough cupcakes baked then they couldn't have the bake sale. (Each classroom has sign-ups for the bakesale on Thursday after school.) The reason he wanted to make sure there was enough cupcakes was that this is just no ordinary school bake sale, it's for kids with Cancer.
It all started with a local girl who had gone through chemo. a couple of years ago. She had heard of a young local boy who was diagnosed with leukemia and it hit home with her because she could relate to the chemo. It is a touching story about this young girl wanting to help raise money for this boy and for other kids as well. She started "Cupcakes for Cancer" and you can read about her, what she is doing and the article on the young boy on the following site http://www.myspace.com/cupcakesforcancer. It's really nice to know that there are alot of young people that do care for others and are doing something about it. I was also touched at knowing that my son cares as well. I guess I'm doing something right as a parent.
So here are my 40 vegan cupcakes I made. One batch was lemon with lemon buttercream(these were awesome), chocolate with mint buttercream and drizzled with chocolate ganache, last but not least, chocolate with chocolate frosting.

13 comments:

  1. Those cupcakes surely sold out! What a great cause!

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  2. Well done - they look great. It's lovely to see children being made aware of helping others at a young age too!

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  3. Hi there,
    Lovely cupcakes you made :-) Like the green ones, spooky ;-) save for the Halloween...

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  4. What a wonderful cause! Those cupcakes look amazing!

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  5. I can't think of a better reason to make cupcakes... they look delicious!

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  6. Wow, what an awesome cause! Your son sounds like a sweet pea.

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  7. This is such a wonderful idea!

    I love how your son followed his heart and got involved with such an important cause.

    Plus, those cupcakes look absolutely delicious - I bet they were a huge hit at the bake sale!

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  8. It is a great cause. These were the first to sell and the mother of the girl that started this, I told her these were vegan and she couldn't believe it and wants the recipes. cool huh!

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  9. Beautiful cupcakes, and such a reason to make them. :)

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  10. I can relate. My son died at the tender age of 15 from Non Hodgkins Lymphoma, and I try to participate in any cancer fund raiser I can. Too bad we are not close to you because I would of added 40 more to your batch. Good job.

    http://nuestracena-vegancuisine.blogspot.com

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