WOW! Well, I haven't stopped cooking.. but unfortunately I stopped blogging due to the natural insanity of life! It has been a lot of fun, but since my daughter is 1 next month, I have been playing around with cake recipes and finger food, so I thought I would come back with a delicious, fun and easy cupcake/frosting recipe that is nothing short of heavenly!!!
Fluffy White Cupcakes
* 1 tblspn of apple cider vinegar
* 1 1/2 cups plain soymilk (I personally thing vanilla is too sweet.. your call)
* 2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/8 cups sugar
* 2 tspn baking powder
* 1/2 tspn baking soda
* 1/2 tspn salt
* 1/2 cup canola oil
* 1 1/4 tspns vanilla extract
* 1/2 tspn coconut extract ( try to find real, but it is VERY hard to find, so imitation will work as well)
~ PREHEAT oven to 350F. Spray 22 muffin cups with nonstick spray or line with paper cupcake liners and spray the liners with nonstick spray.. not a lot.. set aside.
Place the apple cider vinegar in the bottom of a liquid measuring cup and fill the cup with soymilk to equal 1 1/2 cups. Stir well and set aside (the mixture will curdle).
IN a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl whisk together the soymilk mixture, canola oil, vanilla, and coconut extract. Add the wet to the dry ingredients and beat until smooth using a handheld mixer or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Fill each muffin cup with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then remove the cupcakes from the pan and place them on a wire rack. Let the cupcakes cool completely before adding the frosting!
Pineapple Frosting
* 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
* 1/4 cup nonhydrogenated margarine
* 1/4 cup well-drained crushed pineapple
SIFT the powdered sugar into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add the margarine and crushed pineapple and beat with a handheld mixer. At first, this may seem too dry, but keep beating for about 30 seconds and you will have perfect frosting. It is SO much fun to make frosting! You will seriously be mixing, and it will turn into DUST and you will probably shout a few curse words, but like magic it starts turning into a liquid.. I thought it was awesome ha!
Chocolate Vegan Buttercream
* 3 cups powdered sugar
* 1/2 cup cocoa powder
* 1/2 cup nonhydrogenated margarine
* 4 tblspn rice milk
* 1 1/2 tspn vanilla
SIFT together the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a medium size mixing bowl. Add the margarine, rice milk, and vanilla and beat well using a handheld mixer until the frosting is smooth. This turned out so amazing, I ate the extra with a spoon yyummmm!!!!!
Pineapple Frosting
* 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
* 1/4 cup nonhydrogenated margarine
* 1/4 cup well-drained crushed pineapple
SIFT the powdered sugar into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add the margarine and crushed pineapple and beat with a handheld mixer. At first, this may seem too dry, but keep beating for about 30 seconds and you will have perfect frosting. It is SO much fun to make frosting! You will seriously be mixing, and it will turn into DUST and you will probably shout a few curse words, but like magic it starts turning into a liquid.. I thought it was awesome ha!
Chocolate Vegan Buttercream
* 3 cups powdered sugar
* 1/2 cup cocoa powder
* 1/2 cup nonhydrogenated margarine
* 4 tblspn rice milk
* 1 1/2 tspn vanilla
SIFT together the powdered sugar and cocoa powder into a medium size mixing bowl. Add the margarine, rice milk, and vanilla and beat well using a handheld mixer until the frosting is smooth. This turned out so amazing, I ate the extra with a spoon yyummmm!!!!!
