Chocolate Cupcakes for Almost Everybody
- 1 cup soy or rice milk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 13 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour
- 13 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 3 tablespoons soy or rice milk
- Chocolate sprinkles (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 350 and prepare a dozen muffin cups either outfit a muffin pan with paper or foil liners, or use a baking sheet and set out 12 paper liners nested inside foil liners, or else use silicone muffin cups.
- In a large mixing bowl, stir together the soy or rice milk, vinegar, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
- In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, pausing two or three times to stir, and keep stirring until all the large lumps are gone.
- Pour the batter into the cupcake liners until they are about two-thirds full.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- When cool, whisk the chocolate glaze ingredients until smooth and spread the glaze on the cupcakes.
- If you choose, top with sprinkles.
soy, vinegar, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, confectioners sugar, cocoa powder, soy, chocolate sprinkles
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012423 (may not work)