Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

Vegan chocolate Easter cupcakes recipe! And other Easter bakes or no-bakes…!

by Lili
April 12, 2017
20 comments
Celebration cakes, Special everyday cakes and treats, Vegan desserts

If you’re looking for a last-minute fast and easy Easter cupcake, you might enjoy these delicious chocolatey treats!  They’re vegan but you can replace the aquafaba chickpea water with egg and decorate however you like.  The amazingly light and delicious sponge is from my tried and tested vegan chocolate cake.  There are some optional healthier ingredients like pure unsweetened cocoa powder, white spelt flour and coconut palm sugar.  So without further ado I’m going to wish you a happy Easter now and quickly go on to the recipe!  Happy Easter!!!! 🙂

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

THE RECIPE

Just follow my vegan chocolate layer cake recipe, with exactly the same quantities of sponge and frosting to make 12 medium-sized cupcakes.  Line a cupcake or muffin tin with the cupcake/muffin liners.

Healthier vegan chocolate cake illustrated recipe

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakesBake around 10-12 minutes, depending on your oven.  An inserted skewer should come out clean.  Allow to cool on a wire rack.

Frosting (for 12 cupcakes – but you could reduce the amount of frosting)

  • 112g/4oz or 1/2 cup vegan olive oil margarine (or butter)
  • 140g/1 and 1/4 cups (or a little less) icing/powdered sugar
  • 40g/1/3 cup pure unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 30g/ml or 1/8 cup unsweetened almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Whisk everything in a big bowl until combined, creamy and smooth.  Add more almond milk or sugar if necessary to get the right sweetness and consistency.  Then twirl the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes with a piping bag and star nozzle to make a kind of chocolate nest.

Add three vegan mini eggs (or Cadbury’s mini eggs if you’re not a vegan) on top of each cupcake.  The frosting will be a bit soft at first so place in the fridge for about 1 hour before serving.  These cupcakes will last up to 4 or 5 days stored in airtight tupperware in the fridge.  Take out 20 minutes before eating.

Anyway there you have it:  some fairly no-fuss Easter cupcakes!

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

And if you’d like more ideas for Easter goodies here are some recipes from past years.  One of my favourites is the Italian Torta Pasqualina, made here with quark and quail’s eggs.

torta pasqualina

Then there are the traditional Spanish monas de pascua.  The post includes a video of the original recipe in Spanish (if that’s any help?).

Monas de pascua

Monas de pascua – Spanish Easter egg bread

Monas de pascua

Monas de pascua

Or maybe you fancy some healthier bliss-ball or cocoa Easter eggs?

You can find links to other recipes here in my Easter section.

So let’s have a quick last decadent bite of an Easter cupcake and get back to the kitchen.  Or sofa.  Tee hee.

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

Vegan chocolate easter cupcakes

Farewell for now sweet reader and hope you have a lovely time at Easter or just a wonderful Spring! Happy baking and eating! 🙂 Lili x

 

 

 

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Save

Posted by

Baking on Sundays with my French mum was a lovely part of my childhood. Later I experimented with baking books or internet recipes and did the pâtisserie course at Le Cordon Bleu Paris. Still trying out new recipes and inventing cakes with influences from all around the world, including some healthier ones. Yes, love cakes!!! Hope you'll love them too and have fun baking. :)

20 thoughts on “Vegan chocolate Easter cupcakes recipe! And other Easter bakes or no-bakes…!”

  8. Pingback: Happy new year!!! Top posts in 2017 and baking projects for 2018… And how are healthier and vegan cakes doing? :) | lili's cakes

  9. Pingback: Vegan cinnamon spiced cookie nests or cups recipe! Gluten free and refined sugar free… plus other Easter recipes! | lili's cakes

    • Lili says:

      Hi, yes you’re right of course – sorry. I was writing this as a non vegan who likes some vegan cake and have now corrected to ‘vegan mini eggs’ in the recipe. I assume vegans who previously read this post knew where to find vegan chocolate eggs – would you be able to recommend some yummy ones? Thanks for pointing that error out to me.

      Like

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.