Vickys St Patricks Day Guinness Cupcakes, Gluten, Dairy, Egg & Soy-Free
- 150 grams gluten-free/plain flour (1 cup + 2tbsp)
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda/bicarb of soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 45 grams cocoa powder (1/3 cup)
- 180 ml rice milk, oat milk or other
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 60 ml Guinness (not vegan or gluten-free, other stouts are vegan so check online or use black coffee instead)
- 150 grams (3/4 cup) sugar
- 80 ml vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 your favourite chocolate buttercream icing, enough for 12 cupcakes
- 200 grams white fondant icing
- 1 green food colouring and edible glitter
- Preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C/ 350F and line a 12 hole muffin tin.
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt then set aside
- Whisk together the milk and the vinegar.
- Add the Guinness, sugar, oil and vanilla to the milk mixture and beat until foamy
- Add the dry ingredients in two batches and beat until well incorporated.
- Fill your cupcakes containers of choice 3/4 full.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- Let cool completely on a wire rack before topping with a swirl of the chocolate buttercream icing
- Roll out the fondant to about 5mm thickness and cut out circles slightly smaller than the tops of your cupcakes.
- Place on top of the buttercream layer
- Dye the offcuts green, roll out again, sprinkle with green edible glitter (not required but looks really good!)
- and cut out with a small heart cutter.
- You need 3 hearts per cake, 36 in all, and 12 little 'stalks' - see picture
- Arrange on top of the fondant in a shamrock shape and the luck o the Irish be with ye!
flour, baking powder, baking sodabicarb of soda, salt, cocoa, rice milk, apple cider vinegar, vegan, sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla, cupcakes, white fondant, green food colouring
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/335999-vickys-st-patricks-day-guinness-cupcakes-gluten-dairy-egg-soy-free (may not work)