Rocky Road Cupcakes
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Serves: 23
 
Ingredients
  • 275g self-raising flour
  • 70g cacao
  • ½ tsp bi-carbonate soda
  • 265g white sugar
  • 150ml vegetable oil
  • 2 flax eggs (30g ground golden flax mixed with ⅓ cup water)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g shredded coconut
  • 100g vegan marshmallows (chopped unless you are using mini marshmallows)
  • 200g vegan lollies (chopped)
  • 100g shelled chopped pistachios (or your favourite nut)
  • 1¾ cups almond milk
  • Rocky Road for decoration (Recipe - https://www.myveganplate.com/pistachio-rocky-road/
  • 20g plain flour (to dust lollies, marshmallows and pistachios)
  • ICING
  • 200g vegan margarine
  • 500g icing sugar
  • 50g cacao
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Sift flour & add all dry ingredients (except flax, coconut & plain flour) to a large mixing bowl and mix well.
  2. Pour oil and milk into mix, add vanilla and beat until combined.
  3. To make the flax egg, mix golden flax and water into a small bowl and mix well. Do this just before you add it to the cake batter otherwise it becomes too thick. Add to batter just as it is thickening.
  4. Add coconut. Beat until just combined – don’t over beat.
  5. In a small bowl, sprinkle about 1 tbsp of plain flour over the pistachios and add to batter. Repeat with lollies and then marshmallows.
  6. Use a spatula to stir through the batter.
  7. Using an ice-cream scoop, add one scoop to each cupcake wrapper.
  8. If you are using the cardboard wrappers like I do, lift each once slightly off the tray and then drop. This ensures that the batter rises evenly.
  9. Bake for 20 minutes but check after 18 minutes as ovens can vary.
  10. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack until room temperature.
  11. Once cooled, use a piping bag to create a thick icing swirl on top of each cupcake and then place a piece of rocky road on top.
  12. ICING
  13. Add the margarine to a large bowl and whip with your beaters.
  14. Add cacao & mix well
  15. Add half the icing sugar and beat until soft.
  16. Add the other half of the sugar and the vanilla and beat until soft and fluffy.
  17. Taste to make sure you don’t need to add more of any of the ingredients.
Recipe by my vegan plate at https://www.myveganplate.com/rocky-road-cupcakes/