Photo: Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes with Double Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups coconut milk
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1/2 brewed and cooled coffee
- 4 ounces of good quality dark chocolate, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line two 9 inch round cake pans with parchment.
Sift the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt into a medium-size bowl. Set the bowl aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, coffee, oil, melted chocolate and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients and whisk until just incorporated. Add vinegar and incorporate. Do not over mix batter.
Distribute batter evenly between cupcake holders or pans. Bake for 20 minutes or until cake springs back to the touch. Place the pans on the cooling rack to cool. Once the cakes are completely cool, run a knife or a plastic dough scraper around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake from the sides. Turn the pan upside to remove the cake
Double Chocolate Frosting:
- Yields: 2 quarts
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup non hydrogenated vegetable shortening
- 1/4 cup non-hydrogenated vegan margarine
- 2 1/2 cups 10x powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 8 ounces chocolate, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2-3 tablespoons soymilk, as needed
Directions:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, whip shortening and margarine with the paddle attachment until completely combined. Scrape the bottom of the bowl to ensure that all ingredietns are mixed thoroughly. On low speed, slowly add sugar and cocoa powder a little at a time.
- Once the sugar and cocoa are incorporated, add the melted chocolate, vanilla, and soy milk and mix on low until the liquids are incorporated. Scrape the bottom of the bowl, and mix on medium-high speed until all ingredients are combined and frosting is fluffy, about 2 minutes .
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By JenDVW
Hillsdale, NJ
on February 05, 2013
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I have to give this vegan cupcake recipe an enthusiastic 5 stars and I will tell you why. Without using any hard to find vegan swap outs for eggs, butter, and milk this recipe results in a moist, soft, delicious cupcake. I made these for my adult ladies' group so I used extra dark chocolate, extra strong coffee, cut the sugar in half, and swapped out half of the all purpose flour for whole wheat flour and they came out so much better than I expected. I'm thinking this recipe with the called for flour and full amount of sugar will be very decadent! I made the cupcakes mini and they only needed 10 minutes baking time. One batch I made as full size cupcakes and I suggest pulling them out of your oven two minutes early and test w a tooth pick. I can tell if they over bake they could get dry. They taste best after they are fully cooled so don't taste them too soon! I served them to my 3 boys and husband and they loved them!
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