Delicious moist vegan chocolate cupcakes !

These chocolate cupcakes are superrrrrr easy to put together . Any one can do this . All you have to do is follow the recipe :) yess when trying to bake always remember MEASURE .


I took these babies for a birthday party and they were a biggggg hit . To me most of the vegan goodies that i have tried at the super market taste so dry .. just like cardboard . well these are no where close to that . They are super moist , soft and loaded with rich chocolate flavour. And they look super cute . Almost too good to eat ... well almost . Enjoy :)




Recipe

Ingredients
1.5 cups wholewheat pastry flour ( Buy the king Arthur's white ww pastry flour )
3 tablespoons of sifted good quality cocoa ( Or carob powder )
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips ( can substitute with regular dark chocolate chips.
1/3 cup of chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup turbinado sugar ( raw cane sugar from trader Joe's )
pinch of salt (optional)
5 tablespoons veg.oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract( please buy the real deal )
1 cup cold water

Method

1. In a large mixing bowl, add w w pastry flour, coco powder, baking soda and salt. With the help of a whisk mix all the ingredients together. This will help break up the lumps and add air to the batter.
2. Now dump in your chocolate chips and chopped walnuts . Stir them into the dry ingredients. Make sure they are all well coated with the flour mixture .
3. In a pitcher , add the water , vanilla extract , lime juice , veg oil and sugar . With the help of a whisk , stir everything to combine .
4. Now transfer the mixture from the pitcher to the mixing bowl which has the dry ingredients .
5. With the help of a rubber spatula fold the dry ingredients into the wet .
6. Ones the batter looks all smooth and combined pour the mixture into the cupcake liners .
7. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes
8. After 20 minutes open the oven door and insert a tooth pick in the center on the cupcake . If the tooth pick comes out clean , pull the cupcakes out and let them cool !
9. If the batter sicks to the tooth pick then let the cupcake bake for another 5 min and check again to see if they are done .
10. Dip the cup cakes in some melted chocolate after they have cooled down and decorate with sprinkles
11. Enjoy them warm or cool with your afternoon tea :) yummy yum !!