A bit of Halloween fun – light and airy vanilla cupcakes decorated as Mummies…with their little eyes peering out. You can, of course, use sugar eyes if you have them. I didn’t have any so I just used Black Fondant icing.
Halloween Vegan Mummy Cupcakes
A bit of Halloween fun and super simple to do.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cups Self Raising Flour
- 1 Cup Caster Sugar (not granulated)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste (if you don't like paste then use extract, but the paste gives a lovely depth of flavour)
- 1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 6 tbsp Melted Non-Dairy Margarine
- 1 Cup Non-Dairy Milk
- Black and White Royal Icing
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170°C or 350°F
- Line your muffin tin with muffin cases.
- This is a really simple sponge - mix the flour and sugar together so it's well combined.
- Add in the melted margarine, vanilla, baking soda and cider vinegar - give it a quick stir.
- Add in the cup of non-dairy milk and stir to combine - don't over-mix it. The batter will be quite runny - don't worry - that's why you get a light sponge.
- Fill the muffin cases up 2/3rd of the way and bake for 15 minutes or so. Test with a toothpick to make sure they are done.
- Use the standard buttercream recipe https://allergymums.co.uk/icing-vegan-buttercream-or-glaze/
- Spread the buttercream on each cupcake to make an even layer.
- Put a bit of cornflour on a board and on your rolling pin. Roll out a 1 inch square piece of ready-to-roll royal icing in black. Cut out the pupils of the eyes using a piping nozzle.
- Roll out an inch square piece of white royal icing and using a piping nozzle cut out a larger circle of icing for the eye.
- Carefully put a pupil in each eye and place a set of eyes on each cupcake.
- Divide the rest of the white royal icing into 3 parts and roll out one to a thickness of about 1/8th an inch. With a sharp knife cut the icing into strips. Layer the strips like bandages, leaving the eyes to poke out. And there you have them...mummy cupcakes!
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