Vanilla, Vanilla Cupcakes

These cupcakes, the batter alone, tastes like Duncan Hines vanilla cake mix. I was honestly concerned that I would have nothing left to put in the oven. But! I used great strength to gather up all the will power I had to make sure this batter turned itself into cupcakes. I’m glad that I did because these are absolutely phenomenal. Ingredients and instructions can be found 👇🏼👇🏼! 

This recipe makes 12 mini cupcakes or 4 - 6 medium cupcakes. If you want to double up the recipe, just double, triple or quadruple the ingredients. 😜😜

Bowl 1 - Dry Ingredients: 

• 1 cup cake/pastry flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar 
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 

Whisk all of the above ingredients in a big bowl so that all the powders are evenly distributed amongst one another. 

Sauce Pan - Wet Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup soy milk 
• 1/4 of a cup vegan margarine 
• 1/8 of a cup of mashed banana 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Put all of the above wet ingredients in a mini/small sauce pan to cook on low heat with the soul purpose of melting the margarine. Once melted, pour into bowl with the dry ingredients and mix everything together. 

Oven is to be set at 350 F

Place batter in your mini muffin or larger muffin tin. I used a non-stick one to avoid using cupcake liners. Less waste for the environment to deal with. 💚💙🌍

Bake for 12 minutes. Rotate pan halfway through cooking time. I made mini cupcakes; therefore, bake for 20 - 24 minutes if making larger cupcakes. 

While the cupcakes are cooking, you can get your yummy icing prepared. 

Vanilla Icing Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup icing sugar 
• 1 TBSP Vegan margarine 
• 1 TBSP coconut milk 
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 

FYI - if you made more batter, make sure to double up on the icing! 

Mix all of the above ingredients together with a fork or hand mixer on low speed. I used a fork and it worked just fine. 

Once cupcakes are done baking and fully cooled, place as much or as little of the icing on them as you’d like. 

Feel free to sprinkle shaved vegan chocolate (like I did), coconut or whatever else you think would taste good on top of the cupcakes. 

If you’re wondering what the inside of the cupcake looks like, here you go!:

Enjoy!! These are super yummy!!