Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
In June I spent three and a half weeks with my daughter-in-law and granddaughters while she recovered from surgery. After 2 weeks she was feeling well enough to do some cooking and she decided to make vegan cupcakes. I don't do much baking so I suppose she and my granddaughters were feeling deprived of some down-home sugar confections.
She came up with just the right recipe, Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting. The cakes were fluffy and light while providing just the right amount of peanut butter flavor. The chocolate frosting was the perfect compliment creating a blissful blending of classic flavors. Our whole family enjoyed the summer treat - even our non-vegan family members. Before the week was out we made 2 more batches just to keep up with the demand.
Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting
Cupcakes:
3/4 c. vanilla soy milk
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
1/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup raw sugar
2 Tbs. pure maple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup plus 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir vinegar into soy milk and set aside. In mixing bowl, mix together peanut butter, oil, sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. Add milk-vinegar mixture and blend it in. Sift in the flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Stir together until just combined. Don't over blend.
Fill lined muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake for 25 minutes. Cool on racks before frosting.
Frosting:
1/2 cup margarine, softened
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
3 Tbs. vanilla soy milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Blend together margarine and cocoa powder until creamy. Add soy milk. Add powdered sugar in small batches and blend well until you reach desired consistency. Add vanilla and beat about three minutes until light and fluffy.
For fun you can clip the corner of a plastic, zip-lock bag, filled with frosting and swirl frosting onto cupcakes.
Labels: chocolate, frosting, peanut butter, vegan cupcakes, Vegetarian
