Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with a Fresh Orange Glaze
This is without a doubt my favorite chocolate cake recipe. It is easy, makes great cakes and even better cupcakes. It has a very rich yet fluffy texture... the end result will look like you were in the kitchen forever making it. But in reality, you threw it together in about 5-10 minutes. Here's the recipe:
Preheat oven to 350.
Put these in a bowl and mix:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
1/4 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
Now push everything to the sides of the bowl so you have an empty spot in the center. Add these:
1 1/2 t. vanilla extract
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 T. white distilled vinegar
1 cup cold water (cold coffee will also work very well)
Mix everything together (don't over mix, though) and bake for 15 minutes.
For my glaze, I mixed 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar, 2 T. of fresh orange juice and the zest/peel from that orange. I left the pieces of zest a bit long, but you could mince them as well and it would still look nice :)
