Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes

vegan! the word itself seems to strike fear into the hearts of all meat eaters across the world, their faces cringe and they go run to the nearest source of meat and immediately devour a hotdog or something after they hear the word. surprising things come from vegan recipes. Various substitutions to make sure that there are no animal products and byproducts in the dishes are so interesting, and i'm always curious to know how they figured those things out without necessarily compromising the flavor of the baked goods.

I came across this vegan red velvet cupcake recipe a long time ago (here) and it is by far, my favorite of all the red velvet recipes i've tried. It's so moist, so delicious, so red and velvety! i tell people it's vegan after they tell me it's so delicious :-) it makes me feel sneaky.

Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes

1 c soy milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 1/4 c flour
1 c sugar
2 T cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 c vegetable oil
2 Tbls red food coloring (liquid)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350F and line a cupcake tin (I made mini cupcakes, so it was a 24 cupcake
  
• In the mixing bowl, combine the soy milk and vinegar and set aside to curdle
• Combine the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, soda, and salt) in a separate bowl
• After the soy milk has been curdling, add the oil, food coloring and vanilla extract and mix well. slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until the large clumps are gone
• Carefully pour the batter into the cupcake pan, filling each liner with batter about 2/3 of the way up
• Bake for 15-18 min until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean
• Transfer to a wire rack and let cooooool
• this recipe makes about 30 or so mini cupcakes
  

I like to make cream cheese frosting to go on the cupcakes (which un veganizes them!!! ahhhhh sad... but it's so good you can eat it with or without the cream cheese frosting)



til next time!!!! eat well, drink well, and LIVE WELL!!!!