Once again I let April 1 sneak up on me and so it was not until about 1:30 PM today that I figured out what to do for an annual “prank.” I’ve been waiting for a good opportunity to make bacon cupcakes. Wait! Before you say “Blech!” I’ll have you know this particular cupcake flavor that sounds totally disgusting up front, but which have been getting a lot of “press” lately.

So for dinner tonight I served maple walnut bacon cupcakes. The cupcakes were completely vegan, except for the bacon, which I think added to the foolishness of the cupcakes. We ate the cupcakes as a first course that was followed up with savory crepes filled with kale, shitake mushrooms and vegan hollandaise sauce.

For those of you who are strict vegans, please forgive our transgression in serving bacon with an otherwise vegan dinner. On the otherhand, perhaps you are one of the many (we should start a club) who is vegan (or vegetarian) but still sneaks in a slice of tasty bacon here or there…

In this picture you see at top vegan cupcakes, vegan iced cupcakes, followed by bacon cupcakes on left and vegan ba’cuns cupcakes on right… I have not yet tried the vegan version; however, I can happily report back that the savory fattiness of the bacon was an absolute delight to eat with the rich creamy maple cream cheeze frosting. Yummy indeed! And definitely something you should try when given the opportunity!