Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream
Simple Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream recipe that tastes just as good as your regular cupcake. Dense and fudgy, this makes an easy and tasty dessert.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 3/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Buttercream
- 1 cup vegan margarine
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 4-5 Tbsp coconut milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Line muffin pan with paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer, mix together the maple syrup, milk, oil and vanilla.
- Slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until fully incorporated
- Pour the batter into the lined muffin pans, and bake for around 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- Buttercream: Cream together all of the buttercream ingredients until smooth. Pipe over cooled cupcakes.