Easy cupcakes and icing recipe.
Vegan and Gluten-Free Cupcakes
This dark cupcake is sweetened with Rice Malt syrup and Maple Syrup, this gives them a nice sweetness, but also an almost spiced taste. The icing is super easy and keeps well even out of the fridge (in normal weather :)) Recipe yields 6-7 cupcakes ( mine made 7, but that one was sacrificed early for tasting :)). The icing does curdle a little on my pictures because it took me adding ingredients in a few attempts and the liquid food colorant isn't helping. Taste was not affected
Ingredients: Cupcakes
- 1 cup brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup chickpea flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/4 heaped cup of coconut oil – melted
- 620 ml water (1/2 cup + approx 1/8 cup)
- 1/2 cup Rice Malt syrup
- 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- a pinch of salt
Ingredients: Icing
- 2 cups of icing mixture or icing sugar
- 3/4 cup Vegetable margarine or vegan butter (I use Nuttelex Coconut oil)
- 2 tablespoons of almond milk
- 1 teaspoon of maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Directions
- Prepare the cupcakes:
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Prepare your cupcake patties / molds.
- Combine the rice flour, chickpea flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl or sifter. In another bowl, (it will be your mixing bowl), place all the the cupcake ingredients*. Slowly fold in your dry ingredients until the mixture is well combined and smooth.
- Pour the batter in your cupcake molds or patties. Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cupcake comes out clean.
- Prepare the icing: Mix in all the icing ingredients in a large bowl, until well combined. (I use a hand mixer). The mixture should be stiff and hold.
- Once the cupcakes are cooked and completely cooled, ice the cupcakes with the icing. I mix a bit of vegan food color in half of the frosting and then pipe in a rose design. Have fun! Enjoy!
*make sure everything is at room temperature so your coconut oil does not solidify as soon as you combine
I am just a regular cook who enjoys simple and tasty food. My blog has no long stories about myself, just the recipes ;)
I need to try these!!
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Let me know how you go if you do 🙂
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These vegan cupcakes look delish!!!!
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They are quite good! They taste almost like a “gingerbread” cupcake even though it has no added spice. Balances well with the icing 🙂 You’ll have to try!
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Very pretty icing colours. These look delicious!
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