This weekend I am going to be a part of a charity/fundraiser bake sale for a sick little boy named Cole and his family.
For the bake sale, I decided to make my Chocolate Chunk Cookies and Red Velvet Cupcakes. Mmm... Red Velvet is our family's favorite. I like it for the aesthetics, my husband likes them for the taste, and my son loves them because, well, they are sweet and RED.
Look at how moist that cake is!
RED VELVET CUPCAKES
2 1/2 Cups GLUTEN FREE ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
2 Cups "Raw" Turbinado Sugar (or you can substitute Coconut/Palm Sugar for this)
1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1/4 Cup Soy Free Earth Balance Margarine
1/2 Cup Palm Shortening
1/3 Cup Vegenaise Original Mayonnaise (seriously) (Can be omitted to make SOY free)
1 1/8 Cup UNSWEETENED Applesauce
1 Cup Non Dairy Buttermilk (1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar + enough unsweetened Coconut milk to equal one cup... let sit for 5 minutes before using)
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp - 2 1/2 tsp Red food coloring (some are weaker than others... you just want to make sure you have a nice deep red color or else you will end up with chocolate cupcakes.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and line cupcake tins with paper liners and set aside.
Prepare your "buttermilk" by adding 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar (I like Bragg's) and enough unsweetened coconut milk to bring your mixture to the one cup mark, and let sit for approximately 5 minutes.
Whisk together Flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt in medium sized bowl.
In a separate bowl, mix together the margarine, palm shortening, sugar, vegenaise, vanilla, and food coloring until creamy.
Take dry ingredients and add about 1/3 of the mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix with hand mixer. Add about 1/3 of the buttermilk, continue mixing. Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk until everything is well mixed together.
Fill cupcake liners about 1/2 way, and cook for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Take cupcakes out of oven at that point and allow to cool in the pans.
This recipe makes about 24 cupcakes.
FROSTING
1/2 Cup Palm Shortening
1/2 Cup Butter flavored Palm Shortening
1 lb Confectioners Sugar (You CAN make your own using Palm sugar or Turbinado sugar... see my notes below)
1 1/2 Tbsp Vanilla
2 Tbsp unsweetened Coconut milk
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 drops of food coloring of choice (optional)
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until well blended and creamy. Spread on cupcakes and enjoy!
MAKING YOUR OWN CONFECTIONERS SUGAR (POWDERED SUGAR)
(make however much you need)
1 Cup Turbinado (or palm sugar)
1 Tbsp Arrowroot starch
Mix together on high in a high powered blender until the consistency of powder. (Don't let the blender get too hot or the sugar will start to stick to the blades).
A word about using Palm Sugar: It will speckle your frosting with brown flecks. To avoid this, use a different sugar.
Eat and Enjoy!
These look super tasty and I love how they are refined sugar free! If one can't eat veganaise, do you have any recommended substitutions?
ReplyDeleteThese cupcakes aren't refined sugar free... The frosting has refined powdered sugar, but there are substitutions to make them refined sugar free. If you can handle cane sugar, then making your own powdered sugar would be fine.
ReplyDeleteAs far as not using the vegenaise, you could use real mayo, or just add another 1/8- 1/4 cup of applesauce. The vegenaise is just to help them to stay moist. You could even add a little extra oil to them.
I've been looking for a vegan red velvet cupcake recipe, and these look delish! I'm excited to make them . . . now I just have to wait for an occasion!
ReplyDeleteSusan! We met at your adoption bake sale. I misplaced your information but wanted to still invite you to the adoption conference next week. My email is : itsusdanandemily@gmail.com Emily
ReplyDeleteDo I need to add xanthan gum to the flour? I'm fresh out of my Jules flour and I am always confused as to when and how much xanthan to use. Thanks!
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Montana, if you use the all purpose flour that I use you don't have to add xanthan to the cupcake recipe because the flour already has it in it. You can click on the flour and it takes you to the recipe on how to make it.
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