Vegan Golden Vanilla Cupcakes

valgal123's Note:

This cupcake recipe is from the book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. You can make this recipe using soy margarine or canola oil. IF USING OIL INSTEAD OF MARGARINE DOUBLE THE SALT. I have only used the canola oil in this recipe and the results were surprisingly delicious. The texture is good and so is the flavor.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 12.0 cupcakes

• 1 cup soymilk
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 ¼ cups flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup margarine or 1⁄3; cup canola oil
• ¾ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• ¼ teaspoon almond extract or ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line muffin pan with paper liners.
2. Whisk the soy milk and the vinegar together and let sit a few minutes until curdled.
3. IF USING MARGARINE:.
4. Sift the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl and mix.
5. In a separate large bowl,use a handheld mixer at medium speed to cream the margarine and sugar for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy, but don't beat past 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and other extract, if using, alternate beating in the soy milk mixture and the dry ingredients, stopping to scrape the sides of the bowl a few times.
6. IF USING OIL:
7. Beat together the soy milk mixture, oil, sugar, vanilla, and other extracts, if using, in a large bowl. Sift in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix until no large lumps remain.
8. Fill cupcake liners two-thirds of the way and bake for 20 to 22 minutes till done. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely before frosting.

Reviews

[C.Dichmont]

Absolutely brilliant. I gave a simple vanilla iced version of this cupcake to my VERY SCEPTICAL brother (he refuses to eat anything dairy free) without telling him that they were vegan- he ate four. RESULT!

[Herb-Cat]

Wow! These are enterprisingly delicious! This is my new go to cup cake recipe. It's great because I *always* have these ingredients on hand!

[Mrs Joshi]

I'm not vegan, but I've been on a quest for a really good egg-free vanilla cake recipe, and I think I've found it! These have a wonderful light texture, like a sponge cake, and great vanilla flavor (perhaps it helped that I used vanilla soymilk). They baked up beautifully, and even though we enjoyed them plain this time, I am looking forward trying them again with frosting. I made them with oil and used a whisk to mix the batter by hand. Thanks for posting this recipe!