How do you make Vegan Cupcakes even better? Use Mini Cones as the base instead of cupcake paper. This is the best comfort food recipe ever. Part of Cook For The Cure and 10,000 Cupcakes
In a mixing bowl, sieve 1 cup of unbleached all purpose flour
Sieve the pistachios into the flour
Set aside the big pieces of pistachios to be used as toppings
Add the baking soda and powder
Add vanilla essence
Add granulated sugar
Add Apple cider vinegar and almond milk
Blend the ingredients at low speed until all the mixture has batter consistency, set aside
To make my Vegan Buttercream Frosting:
Sieve the sugar in a separate bowl and set it aside.
In a separate bowl, add vegetable shortening
Using a hand mixture, blend on low speed for about 7 minutes or until it becomes smooth
Add vanilla essence and blend for 30 more seconds
Add the sieved confectioners sugar to the shortening
Blend with a hand mixture on low speed. Blend until the shortening and sugar mix.
Add almond milk and blend again. Blend until all the mixture is blended well together and it is light and fluffy.
Add pink food coloring and mix well. Set Aside
Prepare the mini cups:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove the mini cups from their packaging.
Use a mini muffin tray for holding the cups
Wrap the top with aluminum foil
Using a sharp object, pierce a hole in the middle of each muffin hole. I used an uncooked spaghetti pasta.
Using your fingers, make the hole slightly bigger and place a mini cup gently in the hole. Do the same for the rest of the cups
Make the cupcakes:
Using a spoon or frosting bag, add the batter to the cups. Do not fill it more than 2/3 of the way. They will overflow when in the oven.
Place the tray in the oven and cook for about 20 minutes or until the cupcakes have risen and the top is golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool for about 15 minutes
Frost with my vegan buttercream frosting or your favorite frosting
Take 3 tsp of peppermint bits and mix with the pistachio pieces. Top the the frosting with these combination and serve immediately
Notes
Nutrition info is approximate
Nutrition
Serving: 17gCalories: 211kcal
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