This is a recipe for cupcakes I made last week, and haven't had time to put up yet. I made them for a friend of mine who LOVES dinosaurs. I really wish I had pictures of these, but, alas, you'll have to use your imagination.
I doubled this recipe, which makes about 12 cupcakes.
1/2 c. margarine
3/4 c/ sugar
2 flaxeggs (For these I like to use golden flaxseeds, since they are lighter both in color and flavor. I don't think they bind as well as as brown ones, but I use enough in this recipe so that the cupcakes are the right consistency.)
1 1/4 c/ all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 tbsp fresh lime juice
1 tbsp lime zest
3/4 c. soy milk
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
LOTS of green food coloring
some yellow food coloring.
In a small bowl, combine soy milk and apple cider vineger. Let it sit while you're preparing the other ingredients. Mix dry ingredients in a medium bowl. In a large bowl beat sugar and margarine until you've got a creamy, even consistency. Prepare the flaxeggs. Add the flaxeggs, soy milk, lime juice, lime zest, and margarine, thoroughly combining. Add dry ingredients to wet so that you get a homogeneous mixture, but don't overmix. Pour into cupcake tins or papers and bake 20-25 minutes.
After the cupcakes have completely cooled, you can frost them with the following frosting:
8 oz tofutti (soy cream cheese)
4-5 cups confectioner's sugar
More food coloring.
Lime zest, if you have some left over.
Although the frosting is really yummy, I haven't been able to get a vegan frosting thick enough to do writing and drawing on cakes that doesn't look like a five year old did it. For the dinosaur cupcakes it ended up being great, but it would be nice if in the future I had a choice about whether to channel my five year old drawing capacities.
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