Sarah Cupcakes - Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes!

Sarah Cupcakes - Vegan Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes!

Soon it will be my lovely daughter's birthday! She will be 3 (I know right!! Time flies!). I was looking for a good vegan cupcake recipe to make, and preferably one that I could taste! Luckily, my lovely friend Sarah sent me one of hers! The design above was a fluke, but amusing! I think I'll probably change the design for a 3 year old's birthday party!! The first vegan AND gluten free cake I have made, really delicious.

Makes 12-14 cupcakes

What you need:

*50g Cocoa Powder

*6 tbsp Boiling Water

*3 Egg replacer eggies ( make them up with the instructions on the box - you can find them at most health stores :) )

*4 tbsp almond/rice/soy milk

*175 Gluten Free Flour (we used Dove's Farm)

*1 rounded tsp baking powder

* 100g Vegan Marg

*200g Caster Sugar (you can get away with less though :) )

*1/2 tsp Xanthin Gum

*Almond Flavouring ( I used maybe a tsp in the cake and 1/2 tsp in the icing)

* Cupcake cases (12-14)

For the icing:

*Icing sugar

*Coconut Oil - Melted over a stove

*Almond Flavouring 1/2 tsp

*Cocoa Powder

What you need to do:

• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
• Mix cocoa powder and boiling water in a cup/jug until it forms a paste. Add almond flavouring

• Cream butter and sugar in another bowl
• Add the egg replacer, then sift in the flour, baking powder and xanthin gum.
• Place the cupcake cases on a tray, then scoop the mixture into the cases. Should look something like the above picture.
• Into the oven!
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until they look and smell delicious! Check with a fork or skewer, if it comes out clean it should be done.
• Cool on a wire tray

• Now time for the icing! The measurements are kind of sketchy on this so just make as much as you feel you need! If you make too much, then you can just eat it! Omnomnom!
• Sift the icing sugar in a small bowl
• Melt the coconut oil in a pan, and pour into the icing sugar once liquid.
• Add the cocoa powder
• Add the almond flavouring
• Mix!
• Spoon over the cupcakes, and leave to dry. Before it sets, decorate! 

So there you go, delicious chocolatey vegan gluten free cupcakes!! Deelicious. :)

Thank you to Kate for delegating, and Sarah for the lovely recipe!

Hannah x