Funfetti Cupcakes with Vegan Buttercream

Prep: 20 mins | Cook: 25 mins | Total: 45 mins | Quantity: 10 large cupcakes

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 180 Fan / 200 C / 400 F / Gas 6 and line 10 muffin holes with cases. If you use muffin cases as I did then you'll get 10 good sized cupcakes, if you use cupcake cases you'll get a lot more but smaller cupcakes out of this mix!
2. In a bowl or jug put the almond milk, yoghurt, vinegar and vanilla, give a quick whisk and leave to 'curdle' slightly while you prepare everything else
3. Into a large bowl sieve together the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda then stir in the sugar
4. Add the milk and vinegar mixture to the large bowl and stir everything together until well mixed, stirring up from the bottom of the bowl so you don't miss any flour 'pockets'
5. Stir in the sprinkles until they're just mixed through
6. Evenly divide between your cases - filling each one roughly 2/3 full then bake for 22-25 minutes. Use a skewer or cocktail stick inserted in the middle of one of the cupcakes - if it comes out clean with no raw batter clinging to it the cupcakes are cooked. If not, just return to the oven for a few more minutes
7. While they're cooking and cooling make the frosting by beating together the butter, icing sugar and vanilla until very soft and fluffy. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle
8. Once the cupcakes are cooked, leave them to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely
9. Pipe swirls of icing on top of each cupcake then scatter over your extra sprinkles
10. Store in an airtight container

Notes

• Did you know a lot of sprinkles aren't vegan? Check the labels as colourings used often contain animal derivatives including cochineal and shellac.

Recipe by The Cook & Him at https://thecookandhim.com/recipes/funfetti-cupcakes-with-vegan-buttercream/