Saturday, February 9, 2013

Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes


So, I successfully baked my first batch of vegan cupcakes! And they taste great! I read earlier this week that a majority of Duncan Hines mixes and frostings are vegan. So that's where I began. This is what you'll need. If you'd like to try these out yourself, here's what I did!

You'll need:
Today was the first day I bought flaxseed meal in my life, and it was for something completely different. But I read that you can use it as an egg replacer. I also like canola oil much more than vegetable oil so I replaced that as well.

Instructions:
  1. Preheat according to instructions. Because I used nonstick cupcake liners, I set it to 325.
  2. Mix one tablespoon flaxseed meal with three tablespoons water per egg required (3 in this recipe). That is 3 tablespoons of flaxseed meal and 9 tablespoons of water. Mix this up (I did it in a small cup). Let sit for 5 or more minutes until it becomes gooey like an egg (but not really that gooey, more like a less liquidy consistent substance). 
  3. Mix 1/3 cup oil (vegetable or canola) and 1 & 1/3 cup water. 
  4. Mix the above together and add in the cake mix. It will look no different than regular cake batter.
  5. Stick those suckers in the oven for the recommended time. I had a cupcake sheet for 12 and it took 18 minutes. (I also used the excess batter to make a round cake, which took 28 minutes).
  6. Let them cool, frost them, douse them with joyous sprinkles, and consume. 

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