Saturday, 30 April 2011

Gluten free vegan cupcakes

Vegan Cupcakes

The very first I think I have ever made.
I also tried to pipe buttercream frosting for the first time, haha, didn't quite work out.
The consistency of the frosting would have been fine to frost a cake but I wanted to pipe it to look pretty, I am clueless about that, no idea what I am supposed to do ;D
The last photo is after the frosting had been in the fridge for a while, which made it better to pipe.



Recipe
These cupcakes are gluten and sugar free though.
I used dove's gluten free self raising flour.
I used xylitol (natural sugar from birch tree balk) and in place of the canola oil I used vegan margarine.

I ate one and it was yummy, very impressed!!

So no matter if you are a vegan or on a gluten free diet, you don't have to go without a nice naughty treat :)





4 comments:

Corina said...

Those look amazing! Want!

bluebirdcage said...

Sweet little cupcakes!

I find the same thing with vegan icing - and have always had to pop it in the fridge to stiffen & for safe keeping.

You should try the books Vegan Cupcakes take over the World, and Vegan Cookies Take Over the Cookie Jar if you haven't already. I swore by & adapted some recipes from these while the hubs was vegan.

Kx

Peach Nia said...

The frosting didn't pipe well but it tasted YUM! thanks Lux xx

Peach Nia said...

bluebirdcage I have that book!!!!! I just didn't read it, LOL ;D