So, as expected, this past weekend was a huge one in the world of Bay Area vegan baking (that's its own little world, sort of, right?). We'll post something regarding Sunday's SF Food Wars mini cupcake clash sometime this week, but for now, let me tell you about the bakesale.
Oh the bakesale. What can I even say? I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking, but here's a pretty good summary:

Over 40 vegan bakers made an absolutely epic variety of goods (caramel apples, two different types of cinnamon rolls, all sorts of cookies, cupcakes, bars, a cake-- it was nuts).



We made a bunch of raspberry bars and a big tray of baklava.

Not quite enough, as it turned out, because the whole sale was sold out an hour and a half ahead of schedule, at 2:30!
In all, we made over $2600 for
Give Me Shelter cat rescue! Those cats are so stoked, and so are we! There were also a few of the cats from the shelter there up for adoption, and we heard two of them found homes that day! If you ever doubted the power of a cruelty-free baked good to create change, uh... get over it.

clearly stoked!The sale itself was spread out on a bunch of tables in front of
Ike's Place. Let me tell you about Ike's Place. Actually, let this line tell you about it:

We ate some effing delicious sandwiches from their massive menu of vegan options. Everyone there was the friendliest, most helpful person alive. It was seriously crazy.
We got to meet and hang out with so many rad folks, including our friend Laura from
Vegansaurus (also one of the organizers of the bakesale) and her mom(!), Rachael from
Idle Hands, the folks from
Cinnaholic (who we also get to hang with the next day) and tons more totally amazing people. Two of our friends even made the trek up from San Jose!
Basically, everyone had the greatest time ever. Money was raised, cats were adopted, connections were made, and most of all, about 80% of all the delicious things in the world were together in the same place at the same time.
But wait, there's more! Since this one was so successful and all the participants were so enthusiastic, it's likely going to become a bimonthly thing! So stay tuned for the details of the next SF Vegan Bakesale, and come see us in December!