Best Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes!

The Best Vegan Vanilla Cupcakes as rated by readers!! Vegan, dairy-free, made with all-purpose flour and maple syrup, nobody would know these are vegan!

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup + 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, room temp
• 3/4 cup grapeseed oil (for a Lower Fat version, you can use half applesauce (6 Tbsp) and half oil (6 Tbsp)
• 1 1/2 cups canned "lite" coconut milk, room temp, do not sub with a watery thin milk like rice or almond. The coconut makes them fluffy.
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract

For the Icing

• two 4 oz vegan buttery sticks, room temperature (1 cup total) Do not sub with the tubs of spreads, as they contain too much liquid
• 2 1/2 cups (380g) vegan powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1-2 tablespoons almond milk or desired milk, if needed

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two muffin pans with decorative paper liners or grease and line with parchment paper rounds on the bottoms of two 9 inch round cake pans. This will make for easy removal later.
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