Fegan Baking

vegan woodchuck hard cider cupcakes

one of the reasons i started baking as frequently as i do is that i need the excuse to just be home sometimes; i’m such a type a personality freak that i need something in the oven to keep me from rushing out the door to socialize or run errands every five minutes. i need nights like this - cupcakes in the oven, sitting at my awesome yellow kitchen table doing biology homework in my pajamas. it’s the little things :)

woodchuck cupcakes have been on my baking to-do list for some time now! although i don’t really drink these days, i love woodchuck! when i moved into my current place i wrote woodchuck cidery a letter asking them to “sponsor” my apartment. instead they sent me a set of beer tumblers, so that’s pretty cool. ANYWHO, knowing how much i love woodchuck my friends often dare me to make woodchuck cupcakes, so here we go!

VEGAN WOODCHUCK CUPCAKES

2 1/2 c. flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. vegetable shortening
1 3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla
apple
cinnamon
1 c. woodchuck (any variety)
1/4 c. almond milk

in a small bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. in a large bowl beat together shortening and sugar, adding the sugar a little at a time (i did this increments of 1/4 c.) and beating with each addition. add the applesauce, and mix well. add vanilla and just a pinch of cinnamon, stirring well. mix in about 2 tsp. of finely chopped apples

mix beer and almond milk in a separate bowl. alternately add the beer mixture and the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, stirring with each addition. once everything’s all mixed up, you’re all set!

bake at 375* for 18 minutes. yields 24 yummy cupcakes!

i iced these with buttercream frosting [http://feganbaking.tumblr.com/post/14737510079/vegan-buttercream-frosting]. can you tell that’s my favorite go-to frosting? it seriously goes awesome with everything! i also used apple slices as decoration

these cupcakes have the tartness of a woodchuck, cut by the sweetness of the frosting - perfection! (if i do say so myself)