Vegan Black Forest Cupcake
Ingredients
- cake:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (120g)
- 6 tbsp cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder (30g)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup cane sugar (140g)
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
- 1/4 cup vegan yogurt (60g)
- 3/4 cup water (180g)
- 1/4 cup any nut butter or apple sauce (60g)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract ( 8 g )
- topping
- 1 tub of vegan cream cheese * 3 tablespoons vegan sugar * 1 teaspoon vanilla essence * 1/3 cup cherry juice * cherries, blueberries or strawberries
Preparation
Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, optional chips, and sweetener, and stir very well
If your nut butter is not stir-able, gently heat it until stir-able
In a new bowl, whisk together the nut butter, yogurt, water, and vanilla
Pour wet into dry and stir until just combined (don’t over-mix), then pour into the cupcake liners
Bake at 180 degrees for 12 minutes or until batter has risen and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out mostly clean
Poke the cakes with a toothpick and pour the cherry juice on it
Frosting: mix sugar, vanilla and cream cheese and fill a pastry bag with it
Once the cakes are cooled, frost them and top with the fruit and enjoy
