Monster Cupcakes

posted by Kia Gardner, October 2, 2024

I used @freedomconfectionery marshmallows to decorate. You can either pipe the buttercream or just spread it on to make it super easy and then decorate with marshmallows and chocolate drops. Here’s the recipe! @gingervegan

For the cupcakes:
300 ml soya milk
2 tsp cider vinegar
240g self raising flour
200g sugar
100ml rapeseed oil
60g cocoa powder
100g chocolate
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
For the buttercream:
500g icing sugar
150g vegan butter block (not margarine/spread)
2 tbsp soya milk
Pinch salt
Green or purple food colouring
First mix the vinegar and soya milk together and set aside.
Chop the chocolate into smallish pieces.
In a large bowl mix the flour, cocoa powder, salt and chocolate.
Mix the sugar, oil and vanilla into the milk and then pour into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix well.
Spoon into cupcake cases and bake for 15 minutes at 180C or until a skewed inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.
When they are completely cool make the buttercream icing.
Beat the icing sugar, butter and salt together in a food mixer until it starts to come together. Add the vanilla and then the milk a little at a time. Turn the speed up and beat until the colour has lightened and the icing is fluffy. Finally add food colouring until you get the desired colour.
Put into a piping bag with any kind of star nozzle and pipe onto the cupcakes, or just spread over with a knife. Decorate with your best monster faces!
Have fun!