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Vegan Black Forest Cupcakes
Calories: 306kcal
These Vegan Black Forest Cupcakes combine the delicious tartness of dark cherries with the richness of chocolate cake brought together with generous layers of cashew whipped cream to make a cupcake lovers dream.
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Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup rolled oats organic
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tbsp flax meal
- 1 cup soy milk unsweetened, or any other plant based milk
- ¾ cup deglet dates or medjool
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Frosting
- 1 cup cashews or cooked white sweet potato
- ¼ cup deglet dates or medjool
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- ½ cup water
Cherry Glaze
- 1 ½ cups sweet dark cherries frozen
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ tsp arrowroot powder or cornstarch
- ½ cup water
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grind oats in a blender to make flour.
- Add the oat flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and flax meal to a bowl and whisk.
- Add the soy milk, dates, vanilla and vinegar to a blender and blend until dates are completely pulverized.
- Stir the blended mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Spoon mixture into a cupcake baking pan to make 6 cupcakes.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- Let cool completely before decorating.
Frosting
- Add frosting ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Spoon into a piping bag and place in the refrigerator until you are ready to decorate cupcakes.
Cherry Glaze
- Add the frozen cherries to a saucepan.
- Mix together the arrowroot powder and water and then pour it over the cherries along with the lemon juice.
- Cook on medium until sauce thickens slightly.
- Set aside to cool completely before using for decorating.
Assembling Cupcakes
- Slice the top 1/3 of each cupcake off.
- Pipe on a small amount of frosting onto the bottom cupcake sections.
- Gently spoon on 4 of the cherries and a little of the glaze onto each cupcake.
- Place the top 1/3 of cupcakes on top of that.
- Pipe on a generous amount of frosting and add a cherry on top of each cupcake.
- Store covered in the refrigerator for a couple days.
Notes
Best eaten within a few hours because after a day the frosting starts to turn an unattractive color. It's fine to eat of course.
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Nutrition
Calories: 306kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 108mg | Potassium: 574mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 179IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 116mg | Iron: 3mg
