Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 ¼ Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 ¼ Cups Granulated Sugar
• 7 tablespoon Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder

  See Note
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt

  use half this amount if using table salt
• 1 ⅛ Cups Non-Dairy Milk
• ⅓ Cup Canola Oil
• 1 ½ teaspoon White Vinegar
• 1 teaspoon Instant Espresso

  or instant coffee
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 8 tablespoon Vegan Butter, room temperature
• ¼ Cup Vegetable Shortening, room temperature
• ½ Cup Dutch-Processes Cocoa Powder, sifted
• 2 Cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 1-2 tablespoon Non-Dairy Milk
• Shaved Chocolate

  optional

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350* F. Line a cupcake pan with 12 paper liners.
• 2 In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda,
  baking powder, and salt. Whisk well to combine.
• 3 In a medium bowl, combine non-dairy milk, canola oil, vinegar, instant espresso
  and vanilla. Whisk well. Then pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients
  and whisk to form the batter.
• 4 Portion the cupcake batter into the lined cupcake tin, filling each liner ⅔ of
  the way. Be sure not to overfill. Bake the cupcakes in a 350* F oven for 23-25
  minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out
  clean.
• 5 Allow the cupcakes to cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, then remove them
  from the pan to a wire cooling rack to continue cooling. Be sure the cupcakes
  are completely cool before frosting. See note.
• 6 In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large
  bowl using a hand mixer, cream the vegan butter and vegetable shortening until
  well combined and fluffy. Then, add the cocoa powder and mix on low until
  combined.
• 7 Next, add the powdered sugar and mix until combined. Then, add the vanilla and 1
  tablespoon of non-dairy milk and mix until combined. Add the next tablespoon of
  non-dairy milk if your frosting is still stiff at this point, but if you don't
  need it, you don't have to add it.
• 8 Use the frosting to frost your cupcakes as desired. Top with shaved chocolate if
  using and serve.

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