Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes
February 26th, 2009 Madhuram Posted in Cakes, Food Blog Events, Vegan Baking | 58 Comments »
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This strawberry cupcake recipe is from The Joy of Vegan Baking. This was the first recipe I ever tried from this book and my first experience with vinegar too. I was surprised that it didn’t taste anything like vinegar. It was very sweet for me, so I would reduce the sugar quantity of sugar when I bake it the next time. Earlier I had this doubt if reducing or increasing the quantity of sugar in a recipe would affect the end product, but recently I got it clarified. Day before yesterday I baked some blueberry muffins (using vinegar) from the same book and the sugar mentioned in the recipe was 3/4 to 1 cup and I chose to add 3/4 cup because of the experience with the strawberry cupcakes. The muffins came out very good and we were okay with sweetness. For some it may be very less but we were fine with it. I wanted to bake these muffins once again (I’ll mention the reason when I post that recipe) and added some more sugar, little more than 3/4 cup but less than 1 cup. Again the muffins turned out good. So I’m sure you can play with the sugar measurement in this strawberry cupcake recipe too because it’s pretty similar to the blueberry muffins recipe.
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Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 45 Mins
Yields: 12-16 Cupcakes OR Two 9 Inch Layers
Can a cupcake made with vinegar taste so good? Yes! Sure! Try these vegan strawberry cupcakes and you will know what I mean.
- 1 and 3/4 cups Unbleached All Purpose Flour (I used Bleached)
- 3/4 to 1 cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 8oz (I used 14 strawberries) Frozen/Fresh Pureed OR Crushed Strawberries
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Canola Oil
- 1 tablespoon White Distilled Vinegar
- Preheat the oven to 350F/180C for 15 minutes. Grease/line a muffin tin or grease a 9 inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl combine together the flour, baking soda and sugar.
- In another bowl, mix the oil, vinegar and vanilla. I pureed the strawberries in a blender, because I was not sure if my son would like to bite of chunks of strawberry in the muffin. Add the pureed strawberry also to the oil mixture and stir to combine.
- Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Stir together but do not over stir.
- Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tins. I got exactly 12 muffins.
- Bake for about 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If baking a loaf bake it for 40-45 minutes and check for the doneness.
- Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. When cool, frost the cupcakes and top each with a whole strawberry.
- The original recipe had 1 cup of sugar, but I felt that it was very sweet for us. So I have made it as 3/4 to 1 cup.
- Also the time mentioned in the recipe for muffins was 30 minutes, but mine was done around 22 minutes itself. The time mentioned for the loaf was 1 hour, but I have reduced it to 40-45 minutes. I have tried a couple of recipes from this book, they all turn out good, but there is some difference in the time it bakes. Mine always bakes at least 8-10 minutes earlier than the time mentioned in the recipe. Maybe it’s my oven! Anyway just watch out.
- The top of the cupcake was slightly crispy than soft. I think that’s because of the sugar. Since we are not creaming the sugar in this recipe, I think the sugar tends to be in a semi-crystal state, forming a crust like thing. But in the blueberry muffin recipe also I did not cream the sugar, but it did not have the crusty top. It was so good and light. I can’t wait to post that recipe here.
- I used a food processor to puree the strawberries. It was a wide base 1 cup mini bowl. I didn’t have to add water at all. If you use a blender I think adding little water would be necessary and I’m sure that it would not affect the result in any way.
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YAY! I’m so happy I found your website, and what a GREAT story about how YOU came to create your blog. I’ve just put in the Strawberry Eggless muffins to bake – fingers crossed. I’ve recently developed a health thingy, and I need to stop eating eggs, and other things, and realized hey! this is vegan… so I’ve been checking out resources and your blog is AMAZING! Thank you so much and I’ll let you know how the muffins turn out! I chose to make them with chunks of Strawberries and I did not add more liquid but rather just mixed it, and I believe the batter will spread out around the fruit as it bakes due to the oil. I used parchment cups so that I didn’t have to grease the tins and I’m cooking in a gas oven so will definitely let everyone know about the timing etc. Thanks again, Krista
Wow! you sound very enthusiastic Krista. Thanks! Do let us know how the cupcakes turn out.
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Wondering if anyone tried this recipe with a gluten free flour or almond flour?
You would have to use xanathan gum in that case.
These cupcakes are easy to make and soooo yummy. My kids loved them. I will use less sugar next time too. I love your website!
Thanks Heather.
I just tried this recipe and after taking my first bite, noticed something missing. It’s salt. I recommend adding 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Otherwise, the cupcake tastes flat.
This recipe turned out fine for our family. I made a few adjustments.
1. 1/2 cup sugar – we don’t like very sweet food
2. 1/2 cup water – I used fresh Strawberries(think the lack of moisture because I did not use frozen Strawberries.
Baked them for 30 minutes (turned out perfectly)
I think I will try many of your other recipes. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome Darlene.
Hi, can you please guide me if I need to cook these cakes in microwave whats the procedure. Please tell me the points I should keep in mind.
Sorry, Tripta. I’m not familiar with baking in a microwave oven.