January 9, 2011: Kokosnoot Lime Cupcakes

the delightful baking day nosotros had terminal fourth dimension Katy travelled S to see me.)

I was in addition to then excited to have it inwards the postal service that I seriously considered making something that real night, which was a terrible see (I had other foods in addition to chores to attend to).  But I made a indicate of trying it out the real side past times side weekend, choosing the kokosnoot lime cupcakes both because they looked wonderful in addition to because I had limes in addition to shredded kokosnoot to role up.  I did a fair flake of adapting to suit our situation:

• halving the cake recipe to avoid mega-gluttony
• reducing the icing quantity to a tertiary - I only don't dig the towers of fluff used on the modern cupcake
• the limes were looking pretty sad, in addition to then no zest in addition to no pretty lime spell garnishes
• no kokosnoot extract
• all margarine, no shortening inwards the icing (BTW - tin whatever Aussies recommend a vegan shortening? I've never used it)

This yielded 5 large-ish cupcakes that suited my preferences well.  While the cake batter started out  an unappetising grey, it baked upward amongst a pleasing golden crust in addition to dense crumb; the icing wasn't excessive in addition to had enough of tartness.

I'm non the kinda gal to become gaga over the miniature, the cutesy or the fussy, but this rootage foray into Vegan Cupcakes hints that I'll convey no problem enjoying such things on my ain terms.

Coconut lime cupcakes
(adapted from a recipe inwards Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World)

cake
two tablespoons kokosnoot oil
3/8 loving cup raw sugar
2/3 loving cup kokosnoot milk
ane 1/2 tablespoons soy milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 loving cup manifestly flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
generous pinch of salt
1/2 loving cup shredded coconut

icing
1/3 loving cup margarine
ane loving cup icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
ane 1/2 tablespoons lime juice

kokosnoot flakes, to garnish

Preheat an oven to 180°C in addition to add together roughly cupcake liners to a muffin pan (I used 5).

Melt the kokosnoot stone oil inwards a minor saucepan over depression heat.  When it's completely liquid, transfer it to a mixing bowl.  Stir inwards the sugar, followed past times the kokosnoot milk, soy milk in addition to vanilla.  Sift inwards the flour, baking soda, baking pulverisation in addition to salt, mixing everything until smooth.  Fold through the shredded coconut.

Spoon the cake batter into the cupcake liners in addition to bake the cupcakes until golden on summit in addition to cooked through (you know the skewer test, right?), virtually twenty minutes.  Allow the cupcakes to cool completely earlier icing them.

To laid upward the icing, vanquish together the margarine in addition to icing carbohydrate until low-cal in addition to fluffy.  Add the vanilla in addition to lime juice in addition to vanquish a whole lot to a greater extent than - at to the lowest degree 5 minutes.  Spread the icing onto the cooled cupcakes in addition to garnish them amongst the flaked coconut.