Scrumptious Vegan Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Scrumptious Vegan Peanut Butter Cupcakes

This wonderful recipe tells you how to make these Scrumptious Peanut Butter Cupcakes for you and your family to enjoy.

Makes: 12 Cupcakes

Ingredients:

For the Cupcakes:

• 250g Self-Raising Flour.
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
.
• 100g Golden Caster Sugar.
• 250ml Almond Milk
.
• 160g Meridian Smooth Peanut Butter
.
• 100ml Nut Oil.

For the frosting:

• 100g Meridian Smooth Peanut Butter
.
• 50g Cocoa.
• 200g Icing Sugar.
• 1tsp Vanilla Extract.
• 70ml Almond Milk.

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 160C and line a 12 hole muffin tin with cake cases. Combine the flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl.
2. In a separate bowl beat together the almond milk, peanut butter and nut oil until smooth. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid. Stir gently until you have a smooth, thick mixture.
3. Spoon the mixture into the cake cases and bake for 20-25mins then set aside to cool.
4. While the cakes are cooling make the frosting. Beat together all the ingredients to make a stiff smooth frosting. Once the cakes are cool spread or pipe the frosting on top. If the frosting is too stiff, add an extra splash of almond milk.

Cooking Tip: To add more delicious flavour you can try adding a sprinkle of desiccated coconut.

You may also want to try making some Delicious Blueberry Muffins.