Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

This was a (valentines?) treat for some people in office - some of them do not eat egg (vegetarian/vegan) so I looked for a recipe for chocolate cupcake (being something that everyone will  surely like!)  that do not use egg . And there is a lot out there!

Anyway, here's another recipe for an eggless cupcake - this makes 12 really full cupcakes. Might even make 18 if the cupcake liners are only filled halfway with the batter so that after it is baked,  the frosting can sit at almost on the same level as the edge of the liner.

Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes
dry ingredients :
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 cup plain white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder (I used Cadbury cocoa powder)


wet ingredients :
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vegetable oil (or just use 1/2 cup vegetable oil - i just like to use olive oil!)
1 cup water (or milk - but then it's no longer a vegan recipe)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon vinegar

Pre-heat oven to 180C and line muffin tray with cupcake liners. 
Whisk dry ingredients in a bowl, and wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
Combine wet+dry and mix until moist and well blended (be careful not to overmix!)

Bake for around 20-25 minutes.


You can serve this plain or make it a bit more decadent by piping on some frosting.


(non vegan) 
For the frosting I used 100g cream cheese, 50g sifted icing sugar and 50g melted butter beaten together using an electric beater and piped onto the cupcakes. I also added half an Arnott's chocolate biscuit (I had some lying around because I made a cheesecake and this was the biscuit base!) and little sprinkle of hundreds and thousands for a bit of fun and color.


I didn't get the chance to taste any of these but I was told they were quite appreciated. Not sure if it's the taste or the gesture. Either way works for me. :)