Chocolate Cupcakes! (Egg & Dairy Free)

At the end of January, it was my husband's birthday. It was time to make my very first decorated vegan cake. I decided to convert a non vegan recipe that I had been using for a long time (prior to becoming vegan). Although the cake turned out nice, the cake base was not great, and I would not use that recipe again without some tweaks.

I then realised, that in 2011 I made a dairy free cake for my nephew. When I went to check on the recipe in my old blog I realised that the cake was in fact vegan. The reason I had dismissed that cake previously was because it was then filled with non vegan filling and iced with non vegan icing.

I decided to try the recipe again for cupcakes, and with the tweaks I had recommended in my old blog.

Chocolate Cupcakes Ingredients

200 gms plain flour 150 gms raw organic sugar 20 gms organic cacao powder (you can also use cocoa) 7 gms baking powder 60 gms sunflower oil 30 gms organic apple cider vinegar 250 gms oat milk 1/8 tsp vanilla powder or 1 tsp vanilla essence Method Prepare a 12 hole cupcake tray with cupcake cases, and set aside. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius. In a bowl mix together the dry ingredients, wisk and set aside. In a glass jar, mix together the wet ingredients, whisk. Pour wet ingredients into the dry and gently whisk together until combined. Divide the mix into the 12 cupcake cases, and bake for 25 minutes or until done when tested with a wooden toothpick. Chocolate Icing Ingredients 100 gms Nuttelex 150 gms icing sugar 10 gms organic cacao powder (you can also use cocoa) Method Using a hand mixer, mix the nuttelex until it is creamy and light. Add the cocoa and keep mixing, then add the sugar one tablespoon at a time, until all combined.  Ice cupcakes as desired.