{"id":1236,"date":"2012-12-11T09:53:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2012-12-11T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:56:01","slug":"tuesdays-naturally-vegan-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/2012\/12\/11\/tuesdays-naturally-vegan-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"TUESDAYS NATURALLY: VEGAN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lifeasaconsciousmom\/files\/2012\/12\/cupcakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1237\" style=\"border: 10px solid white\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/333\/2012\/12\/cupcakes-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a>Cupcakes to me mean celebration. I love them. I love that they are small and can be individually decorated. So I&#8217;m always making cupcakes. In fact when someone shares something\u00a0positive\u00a0in one of my classes, I&#8217;ll often\u00a0respond\u00a0with &#8216;Cupcakes for all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When we bought our house outside of New York City, a client told me that she had a dream that she was at our house celebrating and we were all having cupcakes. Once we moved in, I had a party and invited clients and students to come celebrate our new home, with cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p>One of those students found a Vegan Cupcake cookbook and sent it to me as a gift. It is a book full of 75 vegan cupcake making options and they are all delicious.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share with you today one of the basic recipes for vegan\u00a0chocolate cupcakes, with vegan chocolate &#8216;buttercream&#8217; frosting from:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1569242739\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1569242739&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=fe08a-20\">Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=fe08a-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1569242739\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero<\/p>\n<p>I made a few substitutions which I&#8217;ve noted.\u00a0Everyone loved these! Now if only &#8216;vegan&#8217; meant\u00a0calorie\u00a0free too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Cup of Soy Milk (I\u00a0substituted\u00a01 Cup of Almond Milk)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp apple cider vinegar<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup granulated sugar (I substituted 3\/4 cup of pure maple syrup)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup canola oil ( I substituted 2 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons of unsweetened applesauce)<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon almond extract, chocolate extract, or more vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose\u00a0flour (I substituted 1 cup Bob&#8217;s Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup cocoa powder, dutch-processed or regular<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 tsp baking soad<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking powder(I use Hain Sodium and Gluten free baking powder)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line muffin pan with paper liners. I used unbleached paper liners.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk together they milk and vinegar in measuring cup and set aside for a few minutes to curdle. Pour milk mixture into a large bowl for mixing (I used my food processor so I poured it into my food processor bowl.) Add the sugar, oil, vanilla extract and the other extract to the milk mixture and beat until foamy.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate bowl, sift\u00a0together\u00a0the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Separate into two batches and add to wet ingredients until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into liners filling 3\/4 of the way full<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li>Cool on a cooling rack completely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Frosting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup margarine (I use vegan, non GMO\u00a0margarine)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup shortening (I used Coconut Oil)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted if there are clumps<\/li>\n<li>2\/12 cups powdered sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons soy milk (I used almond milk)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><br \/>\nCream together the margarine and the shortening until well combined. Add the cocoa powder and incorporate well. Add the confectioners sugar in about 1\/2 cup batches and beat well, adding a little splash of soy milk (almond milk) after each addition. When all\u00a0ingredients\u00a0have been well incorporated add the vanilla and beat until light and\u00a0fluffy\u00a0(about 3 minutes with a hand mixer, 7 minutes if mixing with a fork \u00a0&#8211; I used the food processor and it worked fine.) Frost the cupcakes after they have cooled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cupcakes to me mean celebration. I love them. I love that they are small and can be individually decorated. So I&#8217;m always making cupcakes. 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