Dairy Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Deliciously rich chocolate cupcakes with ganache frosting that happen to be completely dairy free!
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup oil
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ¼ cup + 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
Chocolate Ganache Frosting
- 1 ⅓ cup dairy free chocolate chips, see Notes below
- 1 cup canned coconut cream, see Notes below
Instructions
Chocolate Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners and set aside. This recipe makes 14-16 cupcakes.
- In a small saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk in the cocoa powder. Set aside to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl beat the oil and sugars together. Add egg, egg yolk and vanilla and beat to combine.
- In a medium bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. add to the sugar mixture in three parts alternating with the cocoa mixture. Mix on low speed until incorporated.
- Fill the cupcake liners ¾ of the way full. Tap the pan on the counter to bring any air bubbles to the surface and then bake 16-18 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
Chocolate Ganache Frosting
- Add your chocolate chips to a medium bowl and set aside. Heat the coconut cream in the microwave for about 1 minute, or until heated through. You can also bring to a simmer on the stove top.
- Pour the hot coconut cream over the chocolate chips. Let sit for a minute to melt and then whisk until smooth.
- Cover and chill for about 2 hours or until it reaches a spreadable consistency, similar to that of peanut butter. If you make the ganache in advance and it's too firm, microwave at 5 second intervals until soft enough to pipe or spread.
- To frost the cupcakes I am using a piping bag with the Ateca 867 tip. You can also use a table knife or offset spatula to spread the ganache on the cupcakes.
Notes
Ganache Frosting - if you want to pipe a decent amount of frosting on your cupcake you will want to double the frosting recipe.
Chocolate Chips - Make sure your chocolate chips are dairy free. I used Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips.
Coconut Cream - You want to use the solid part at the top of the can of coconut cream. If that's not quite a cup, add the coconut water liquid from the can until you reach 1 cup.
Nutrition
Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3.6g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 78mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 22g
This information comes from online calculators and these figures are only estimates.
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