This is attempt 2 at the Vegan Chocolate Cupcake.
I made minor tweaks, but the cupcake could still use some work. This version still didn’t come out of its wrapper in tact because it was so moist. All I did was reduce and substitute healthier oils in this version.
Ingredients:
1 ¼ cup white all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar (Take 1 had an additional 1 tbsp of sugar)
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
pinch salt
1 cup warm water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
40 ml vegetable oil (Take 1 had 1/3 cup or 79 ml of vegetable oil)
20 ml coconut butter/oil
2 Tbsp cashew butter
1 teaspoon white vinegar
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350F (177C).
2. Line muffin pan with 12 muffin cups.
3. Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt together in a medium-sized bowl.
4. Add the water, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, coconut oil, cashew butter and vinegar directly to the dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
5. Bake for 18-30* minutes (depending on your oven), or until a toothpick comes out clean from the centre of the cupcake. Cool on a cooling rack.
Conclusion:
1. This cup cake was still moist and fluffy, but dense at the same time. The texture reminded me of something between a cross of those Duncan Heinz box cake mixes and a Chinese sponge cake. I REALLY liked the texture, but I’m going to try to reduce the oil even more. I don’t like using vegetable oil in my baked goods.
2. I’m not a chemist so I don’t know the ins and outs of the reactions and what substances do in baking, but, for some reason, reducing the vegetable oil and substituting other oils in its place made the baking soda flavour intensify. There was a baking soda after taste that I didn’t like. It made me feel like I had just eaten a soft pretzel!
So so yum.
You can have your cake and eat TEA too! 