Chocolate Chip Cupcakes Recipe The Vegan Cupcake Project

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa and baking soda. In a small bowl, whisk coconut milk, sugar, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat margarine until light and fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa, milk and vanilla. Frost cupcakes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, cream together the sugar and coconut oil with an electric hand mixer until smooth.
• Sift in the cocoa powder, then add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and almond milk, and stir with a rubber spatula until well combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Use an ice cream scoop to fill each muffin cup about ¾ of the way.
• Bake for 20- 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean
• Make the frosting: In a large bowl, cream the vegan butter with an electric hand mixer until smooth.
• Sift in half the powdered sugar and continue to beat. Sift in the rest of the powdered sugar and beat again.
• Sift in the cocoa powder and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Use a butter knife to spread the frosting onto the cupcakes, creating a flat top with smooth sides.
• Place the sprinkles in a shallow dish. Roll the edges of the cupcakes in the sprinkles.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 and prepare a dozen muffin cups - either outfit a muffin pan with paper or foil liners, or use a baking sheet and set out 12 paper liners nested inside foil liners, or else use silicone muffin cups.
• In a large mixing bowl, stir together the soy or rice milk, vinegar, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, pausing two or three times to stir, and keep stirring until all the large lumps are gone.
• Pour the batter into the cupcake liners until they are about two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
• When cool, whisk the chocolate glaze ingredients until smooth and spread the glaze on the cupcakes. If you choose, top with sprinkles.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cupcake tin with 12 paper liners.
• In a large bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together almond milk, canola oil, raw sugar, and apple cider vinegar.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips. They should be evenly disturbed, but be sure not to mix to much else they melt.
• Use an Ice Cream Scooper to evenly distribute the cupcake batter through out the lined cupcake tin.
• Bake for 20 minutes. When a toothpick can be inserted into the center of a cupcake and removed with a few to no crumbs, they are done.
• VEGAN CHOCOLATE GANANCHE TOPPING DIRECTIONS:.
• Heat almond milk to a simmer, either in the microwave or on the stove top.
• Pour the hot almond milk over the chocolate chips in a small bowl.
• Let them sit for 1 minute.
• Whisk for 3-4 minutes or until the chocolate sauce becomes thick and glossy.
• You can refrigerate it for about 10 minutes to get it to a thicker consistency, but you don't have to.
• Generouls spoon the chocolate sauce over the cupcakes and enjoy.
• ABOUT THE CUPCAKE PROJECT: "I am a vegan with a sugar addiction. Everyday I try to make recipes that satisfy my sweet tooth with as little added sugar and as many whole grains as possible." -thesweetestvegan.