This is a very old post from 2009 when I first tried Isa Chandra Moskowitz's chocolate cake recipe in the form of Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes. It's a solid vegan cupcake recipe, and I've since made it numerous times with various vegan frostings. I'll update with some new frostings soon.
This is a new picture of one of the cupcakes. I used my square muffin pan for the last batch and skipped the liners completely.
Square Shaped Cupcake Pan
If you like the looks of the square shape, the pan I used is from Michael's. The brand is Celebrate It! What I like about that pan is it has deep cavities which measure about 1.4 inches. Chefmade has a similar one. The square cavities are perfect for people who like edge pieces of individual portions of things, plus they're just a nice change from the usual round muffins. The recipe will give you about 15 or 16 square shaped cupcakes.
Old Pictures
Below are the old pictures I first took when I made Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes. The frosting in the photo is an older vegan frosting recipe, but I've updated it to a more modern recipe that calls for vegan butter, which is a fairly readily available ingredient now. Both the vanilla and chocolate vegan frosting recipes are in the recipe card now.
Recipe
Double Batch Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups non-dairy milk (soy, almond, oat, etc.) (450 grams)
- 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams) (spoon lightly into cup)
- ⅔ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (60 grams)
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar (300 grams)
- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fluffy Vanilla Frosting
- ½ cup vegan butter or margarine
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar plus more to taste
- ¾ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoons non-dairy milk (soy, almond, oat, etc.)
Fluffy Chocolate Frosting
- ¼ cup vegan butter or margarine, softened
- 1 ¼ cups sifted powdered sugar, more if desired
- ½ cup sifted natural style cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons non-dairy milk as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (176 C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Stir or whisk whatever non dairy milk you are using and vinegar together in a large mixing bowl. Let it sit for a few minutes to curdle.
- Meanwhile, thoroughly mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
- Stir the sugar, oil and vanilla into the soy milk mixture and whisk until foamy.
- Add half of the dry mixture (flour etc.) to wet mixture and stir very well until mixed - batter might be slightly lumpy, but try to remove the big lumps. Add remaining flour mixture and stir until mixed. Pour batter into muffin cups dividing evenly between all 24 cups and bake 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- To make the frosting, beat together the softened vegan butter and a little of the powdered sugar. Continue adding powdered sugar gradually, scraping bowl often. Add vegan milk and flavorings. Beat until light and fluffy. For the chocolate version, follow the same steps but add the cocoa powder with the confectioners sugar.
lorijade says
I love cupcakes. In france, it's very fashion!
Todd says
Cupcakes without meat in them? Surely, you jest.
HeartofGlass says
I'm very sorry to hear about Fuzz and the tongue guard, but glad you were able to take her mind off of it with such a lovely and tasty burst of creativity.
Kerstin says
Fuzz and her friend did a lovely job decorating! I hope she feels better about the tongue guard soon - I'm sure she'll adjust quickly 🙂
Kiersten says
Mmm, I love that recipe. Love the colored sprinkles on top.
snooky doodle says
these look delicious. I bet fuzz enjoyed making these nice idea 🙂
Katrina says
Great job Fuzz and friend! Mmmm!
clumbsycookie says
The girls did a nice job! I've eaten vegan treats sometimes and never complain ;). I hope feels better about her tongue guard, I've also had one but mine was only during the night, so that was better. I had to use one cause my dentist said I have a very nervous tongue :O!
Louise says
I doubt the omnivores would realize they're eating chocolate cupcakes meant for vegans. Nice job!!
VeggieGirl says
Lovely cupcakes that they made!!
Sue says
This looks like it was a fun activity! Tell Fuzz and her friend that they did a nice job.
🙂
Funny, I was thinking about chocolate cupcakes last night too.