Vegan Easter Carrot Cupcake Recipe

Easter is nearly here and why not celebrate with a cute little Easter cupcake? I love carrot cake and the spices used in it so I thought it would be a delicious flavour for this occasion  Decorate them as prettily and cutely as you want! I used a little bit of the cupcake mixture to fill some miniature patty pans to sit on top. Then, Jerome made some cute little bunny ears out of icing. If you would rather a traditional Christian Easter cupcake, you could decorate with little crosses. Both would be very sweet! When I was little, my Nanna and I would make desserts and homemade ginger beer to take to church for morning tea. These cupcakes would be such a nice idea... decorate with a little cross and everyone will love them! :)
So, try these out and tell me how they go! Happy Easter!

makes 10


Cupcake mixture:
   1 cup all-purpose (plain) flour
   2 teaspoons baking powder
   pinch salt
   1/2 cup tightly packed brown sugar
   1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
   1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
   1 cup grated carrot (100g-ish)
   1/4 cup plain-flavoured oil
   1 tablespoon golden syrup
   3/4 cup Soy Milky Lite
   1 teaspoon vanilla essence
   1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Vegan Cinnamon "Buttercream" Icing

   1 cup icing sugar
   1 cup vegan margarine
   3 teaspoons vanilla essence
   1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (365 °F) and line a cupcake tray with 10 patty pans.
2. Add all of the cupcake mixture ingredients to a bowl.
3. Beat for a minute or so until smooth without lumps.
4. Divide the cupcake mixture between the 10 patty pans. 
5. Bake for 20 minutes or so until risen and the tops of the cupcakes bounce back when touched.
6. Allow to cool completely.
7. Make the buttercream icing: Add the icing sugar, margarine, vanilla essence and cinnamon to a bowl. Beat until creamy and fluffy.
8. Pipe the icing onto your cupcakes as desired.
9. Serve immediately or refrigerate until needed!

• The buttercream icing is a treat, but if you would rather something less fattening you could always do a cream cheese icing. Mix vegan cream cheese with icing sugar and any desired flavourings as an alternative.
  

The nutrition information above is an approximate guideline and does not include the icing ingredients.