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The Chalkboard Magazine
You may have noticed that we here at The Chalkboard have something of a sweet tooth – and who doesn’t love a good cupcake? Most of us have tried a healthy version or two, whether low-fat or gluten-free, but raw pastry chef Raya Belna’s raw and vegan cupcakes blew our socks off!
The Food Network
Dedicated to using local organic ingredients to make their top-sellers, like Beer Battered Avocado Tacos and BBQ Jackfruit Sandwiches.This all-girl team is competitive by nature — and ready to bring amazing vegan food to the masses.
My Healthy OC
Belna is part of a raw food revolution right here in Orange County. Whether it’s a collaboration dinner or a raw food cooking demonstration in preparation for Valentine’s Day, Belna is defying all expectations that eating raw food is restrictive, bland and maybe even a little slimy.
Complex Magazine
Just because she's into healthy eating doesn't mean she's opposed to pleasure eating; in addition to being a tasty treat, she also runs her own dessert company.
OC Weekly
A regular cupcake is perhaps the unhealthiest food on the planet, a little grenade of sugar, fat, food coloring and other ungodly things. That's why it's a major miracle that Raya Belna crafts cupcakes that are not only honest-to-goodness healthy, but also most likely good for you—seriously.
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