Lemon Gem Cupcakes Recipe #287118
These are sunny, bright and FULL of amazing lemony flavor! Are are 100% vegan! From: Veganomicon, The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. This recipe uses rice milk for the cakes and soy milk for the frosting. I have made them using soy milk in BOTH, and they turned out just fine!
by Kozmic Blues
35 min | 15 min prep
12 cupcakes
Cupcakes
- 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2/3 cup sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 cup rice milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
Frosting
- 1/4 cup vegan margarine, softened (non hydrogenated)
- 1/4 cup soymilk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a 12 muffing tin with paper liners.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugar, rice milk, vanilla, lemon juice, and zest.
- Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until smooth.
- Fill each muffin tin about 2/3 full.
- Bake cupcakes for 17-20 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from muffin tin, and place on wire cooling rack.
- Frost when fully cooled.
- For the frosting: Beat the margarine with a hand mixer until fluffy.
- Stir in soy milk and lemon juice.
- Add confectioners sugar and mix until smooth.
- Frost cupcakes.
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