Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes

Hello, Vegan deliciousness! These Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes are egg and dairy-free. They are moist, light and super delicious. I used dairy-free spread in the buttercream with vanilla extract and I decorated them with freeze-dried strawberries.

I, myself, am not vegan but a few of my friends, family and colleagues are and of course, I don’t want them missong out on all the cakey goodness.

there are also a few other vegan recipes already on my blog from my Vegan Chocolate Cake and Vegan Biscoff Tart but I have had so many requests for simple Vanilla Cupcakes.

Vanilla Cupcakes

To start, preheat your oven. This is such an important step and ensures your cupcakes bake properly and evenly.

In a large bowl, mix together the sugar and flour until it is evenly distributed. Add in the milk, I used almond milk but you could use any dairy-free milk. If you do use a milk such as coconut milk, just remember your cupcakes will have a slight coconutty taste.

Add in the vanilla extract (I use Neilson Massey), vegetable oil and white wine vinegar. The vinegar is a substitute for eggs, please don’t leave it out. Don’t worry it doesn’t make the cupcakes taste bitter.

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Mix the ingredients together until they are combined and smooth. Spoon the mixture into your cupcakes cases. I use these ones from Iced Jems and look at how pretty they are! They come in so many differen colours and designs and because they are flat bottomed you can bake them on a flat baking tray.

Fill the cupcake cases 3/4 full and pop them in the oven until they spring back when touched or a cake skewer inserted into the thickest part of the cake comes out clean. If there is still cupcake batter on the skewer pop them back into the oven for 2-3 mintes and check again with the skewer. Repeat again until they are ready and the skewer comes out clean.

The cupcakes will be quite pale in colour so don’t worry if they aren’t golden brown.

Vanilla Buttercream

While your cupcakes are cooling make the buttercream. I mixed together the dairy free spread, icing sugar and vanilla extract until it is smooth and combined.

In this recipe, I have used slightly more icing sugar because the dairy-free spread is quite soft so the extra icing sugar ensures it is thicker and easier to pipe.

To pipe the buttercream I used a Wilton 1M Piping Tip and these disposable piping bags.

To pipe the buttercream I start in the centre of the cupcake and pipe outwards and then upwards. I decorated with freeze-dried strawberries because I have a slight obsession with them just now. You can use any sprinkles or decorations you want. I use these freeze-dried strawberries but you can also buy smaller packs in Sainsbury’s and Waitrose.

Equipment

Baking Cups

Mixing Bowl

Spatula

Scales

Cake Tester

Piping Bag

Piping Tip

Freeze-Dried Strawberries

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Alternatives

To make these chocolate cupcakes instead of vanilla all you need to do is remove 50g of self-raising flour and replace it with cocoa powder. For chocolate buttercream remove 25g of icing sugar and replace with cocoa powder.

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