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October 25, 2017

Spooky Vegan Cupcakes!

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Seeing as it is October, I thought it would be a perfect time to show you all my cupcake recipe, but not just any old cupcakes, spooky cupcakes! So no better time than Halloween!

I found these cute cupcake cases from Morrison's, which I thought will be perfect for this recipe. They also came with a cute little decoration to put on the top of your cupcakes!. I'm also going to show you how to make my delicious vegan buttercream. When I first went vegan, I had no clue how I could make a fluffy icing for cakes because, at first I didn't know vegan butter even existed which now as you can tell by many of my recipes I use it a lot. It just makes turning recipes vegan so much simpler. You could just use the regular ingredients you would have anyway, but just the vegan versions!

For the Butter Cream i used Dr Oetker food colouring. Most of their products are vegan, but always be sure to check the food colouring by them. The one colour I know is not vegan is the red food colouring, which is normally the case when it comes to red food colouring. It is usually very hard to find a vegan red food colouring.


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Spooky Vegan Cupcakes!
by October-25-2017
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups Self-raising Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Oil
  • 1/2 Cup White Sugar
  • 1/3 Cup Light Brown Sugar
  • 1 Teaspoon Apple Cider Vinger
  • 1 Cup Soya Milk
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Power
  • Buttercream.
  • 3 Cups Powered Sugar
  • 1 Cup Vegan Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Soya Milk
Instructions
1. Add your soy milk into a small bowl, along with one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar & mix. Then set aside as you mix your dry ingredients (Letting your milk and vinegar mixture sit will create "buttermilk")2. In a large bowl, combine your dry ingredients (Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Baking Powder) and mix. Make sure there are no lumps of brown sugar3. Now add your oil, vanilla, vinegar and milk into your dry ingredients and mix until you have a smooth mixture4. Now get a cupcake tray and place your cupcake cases into them. Spoon a tablespoon of batter into each case.5. Then place your cupcakes into the centre of your oven at gas mark 5 (375 Degrees f) (190 Degrees C) for 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.6. Now take your cupcakes out of the oven and let them cool completely before you ice them otherwise your buttercream will melt.Buttercream 1. Add your cup of butter into a bowl and whisk until it's soft and fluffy.2. Now add your three cups of powdered sugar and mix with a spoon before you use your electric mixer, otherwise you'll have a cloud of powdered sugar everywhere.3. Now get your electric whisk and mix the sugar and butter until it's become a slightly crumbly mixture, but it will also form together when you press it.4. So then add a tablespoon of soya milk and whisk. It will now form into a fluffy buttercream5. For my cupcakes I add some food colouring to half the mix. I used Dr Oetker "jet black" food colouring. If you want it to actually go fully black, use the whole container, but I only used a couple of drops to have this light grey/Silver colour, which I think went well with the decorations as it slightly reminds me of the colour of a gravestone or bones.
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October 08, 2017

Fluffy Vegan Pancakes! (Quick & Easy Recipe)

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Here is a really fast and simple recipe for vegan pancakes, without the need of any animal ingredients, along without any vegan egg replacement, which I don't really ever use in my baking, because I’ve never had the need for them while making any recipe. These pancakes are great if you feel like a sweet treat to whip up in a really small amount of time! The ingredients for this recipe are things you will likely already have in your home, so these are something you can easily make for a dessert or  breakfast. Let's get started!

Essential
  • 1 ½ cups of Plain Flour
  • 1 tablespoon of Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon of Bicarbonate Of soda
  • 2 tablespoons of Sugar
  • 1 cup of Soya Milk or any milk alternative you prefer
Optional ingredients
  • Raspberries
  • Maple Syrup/Agave Syrup
  • Icing Sugar
First of all, place all of your dry ingredients into a mixing bowl (Plan flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda), and give them a mix. At this point, you can also add different flavourings such as cinnamon, nutmeg and any fruit you would like to add into them. You can really make this recipe your own. This is such a simple pancake mix, so you can add all of the different flavourings that you want.

Once you’ve mixed the dry ingredients, add your soya milk/milk alternative you prefer, and mix that until you have a thick batter. Try to remove as many lumps as you possibly can, but if some remain, don’t worry. Get a frying pan on a medium heat & add some spray oil or coconut oil. I use a sunflower spray oil. Use a ladle to spoon out equal sized portions of the batter, but you can also make these pancakes any size that you like. By doing this, you'll end up having a different amount of pancakes, but that depends how big or small you would like to make them.


 
  

Once cooking, when bubbles start to form on the top of the pancakes, this is the time to flip them onto the other side, and continue to cook for a further minute.


Simply just double the recipe if you would like to make more with this mixture, as I made 5 large pancakes by using a regular sized ladle.There are many toppings that you can use. I used maple syrup, raspberries & powdered sugar sprinkled onto the top of the pancakes, but you can use any toppings you like.

Thanks for Reading!
Lisa xo.

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