Red Velvet Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Frosting (Vegan)
photo by knd75
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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12 cupcakes
ingredients
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Cupcakes
- 1 cup soymilk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄3 cup canola oil
- 2 tablespoons red food coloring
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1⁄4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon chocolate extract
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Frosting
- 1⁄4 cup margarine, non-hydrogenated, softened (Earth Balance)
- 1⁄4 cup vegan cream cheese, softened (Tofutti, Better Than Cream Cheese)
- 2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin pans with liners.
- Whisk together the soy milk and vinegar and set aside to curdle.
- Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and mix.
- Add the oil, food coloring, chocolate extract, Vanilla extract and almond extract to the curdled soy milk. Whisk well to combine.
- Make well in center of dry ingredients and gently fold wet ingredients into dry, mixing until large lumps disappear.
- Do not over mix, oryour cupcakes will turn out gummy - small lumps are okay.
- Fill cupcake liners about three-quarters full as these cupcakes will rise fairly high.
- Place in hot oven and bake 18-20 minutes until done, or until toothpick inserted in cetner comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes in the pan for five mintues, and then transfer to a cooling rack or surface to cool completely.
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For frosting:
- Using a hand mixer, cream together margarine and cream cheese until just combined, then whip in the powdered sugar in 1/2 cup batches.
- Scrape down the sides and mix until smooth and creamy.
- Mix in the vanilla.
- Keep tightly covered and refrigerated until ready to use.
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Reviews
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Super easy recipe! The cupcakes come out moist, and fluffy. I made mini cupcakes, and i skipped the food coloring... I just couldn't get myself to use the stuff i got at walmart with red #40 and red #3 and other chemicals. The ingredients in this recipe are so simple, so in the future I'd make an effort to buy some natural organic red food coloring if it exists. <br/><br/>I can't say people weren't apprehensive to trying mine at a party I went to, especially since someone brought a package of store bought red velvet mini cupcakes that were way more attractive than mine, and they were red. But mine were made with these simple ingredients, and those had a list of at least 30 ingredients! I'll stick with home made. Apparently other people felt the same way because all of mine got eaten... eventually... when the others ran out... but that's not the point!<br/><br/>I also agree that the frosting recipe calls for a bit too much sugar. I only used 1 cup of powdered sugar, it allowed for more "cream cheese" taste in the frosting.
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