Veggie Conquest

Amy Lynn Herman founded a secret vegan bakery in Bloomington, Indiana, called The Bake Easy. Every couple of weeks, 40-70 people gather to socialize and enjoy everything from buckeyes to cupcakes and desserts from around the world. Informed by Facebook, flyers and word of mouth, people come far and wide to try Amy’s famous treats.

One time, she turned her entire house into a fort using 30 pounds of table cloth that she borrowed from work. People entered the house standing and had to crawl their way to the kitchen! The desire for vegan cupcakes is fierce, she can attest.*

Some Bake Easy treats: Watermelon-jalapeno popsicles, avocado bubble tea, cherry-plum vanilla pie, lavender-rosewater cupcakes with coconut frosting, ginger cupcakes with peach amaretto coconut frosting, Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes with horchata frosting, Earl Grey cupcakes with orange frosting, raspberry cupcakes with mint frosting,  lemon bars with coconut cashew crust, orange-carrot cupcakes with date and marzipan frosting, and the Midwest staple Buckeyes as big as golf balls.

Any Lynn is in Ghana working on organic certification for a shea butter company. She is passing though NYC for a short time, and we are so excited that she will be a judge for Challenge #2!

* We promise that the food at Veggie Conquest will be easily accessible.