Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream
Soft, moist, and rich these Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes topped with a simple delicious chocolate buttercream are for true chocolate lovers.
Servings 12
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 2 tbsp ground flax seeds
- 4 tablespoon water
- 1 cup plain unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup unsweeteend cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup boiling water
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour, sifted
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup cane sugar Florida's Crystals is vegan.
- ¼ cup applesauce
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil or avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Buttercream:
- ½ cup vegan butter like Earth Balance
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1-2 tbsp plain unsweetened almond milk
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place liners in cupcake pan. Set aside.
- In another small bowl whisk together ground flax seed and water and set aside to thicken.
- Mix vinegar into almond milk and allow to sit a few minutes to make vegan buttermilk.
- In a small bowl whisk boiling water into cocoa powder until smooth and combined. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- In another bowl combine flax eggs, milk mixture, applesauce and vanilla.
- Pour liquids into flour mixture and stir just to combine. Add chocolate mixture and stir just to combine. Over stirring will make your cakes tough and dry.
- Pour batter into pan wells filling ⅔ of the way and bake immediately for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool fully on wire rack before frosting.
Buttercream:
- Place butter into bowl and with a stand mixer or handheld mixer cream the butter.
- Once butter is fluffy add powdered sugar and cocoa powder a little at a time allowing to mix in thoroughly until nice and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and 1 tablespoon of almond milk. Mix well. Add additional milk as needed to reach desired consistency.
- Whip for 1-2 minutes longer to incorporate air into the mixture for the fluffiest buttercream.
