No Scales Needed Mini Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe

All you need are a tablespoon and a teaspoon to create these cute and fluffy mini vanilla cupcakes!

Create the yummiest mini vanilla cupcakes without the need for weighing scales! Simply use your tablespoon and teaspoon to measure out your ingredients, mix them up and pop them in the oven to bake for just 10 minutes. Once they're cooled, add a blob of easy icing and a vegan jelly sweet and they're ready to eat. They're quick, delicious and the perfect bite sized treats!

This recipe makes a dozen mini cupcakes. They are best stored in an airtight container in a cool and dry place and eaten within four days.

Makes 12 mini cupcakes

Sponge ingredients;

6 tbs plain flour

4 tbs caster or granulated sugar

½ tsp baking powder

¼ tsp vanilla powder

4 tbs oil

8 tbs plant milk

1 tsp vinegar

Icing ingredients;

6 tbs icing sugar

1-2 tbs boiling water

1/4 tsp vanilla extract or pinch of vanilla powder

You will also need; a mixing bowl, a 12 hole mini cupcake tin, 12 mini cupcake cases, tablespoon, teaspoon, ice cream scoop - optional, piping bag - optional

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How to make your cupcakes;

1. Pre heat your oven to 160c and add the mini cupcakes cases to your mini muffin tin

2. Make the sponge batter. Add all the dry ingredients to your mixing bowl and roughly stir through

3. Add the oil, plant milk and vinegar and mix again until there are no lumps of flour. Do not overmix as this will make the cupcake loose their fluffy texture

4. Use a spoon or ice cream scoop to evenly add the mixture to the cupcake cases

5. Bake for around 10 minutes until the cupcakes are lightly golden and a cocktail stick comes out cleanly

6. Leave the cupcakes to cool then make the easy icing

7. Add the icing sugar and vanilla to a bowl and add the boiling water slowly, one tbs at a time, while mixing thoroughly until you have a smooth icing

8. Spoon a small blob on top of each cupcake or use a piping bag, then add a vegan jelly sweet on top to decorate

9. Now they're ready to eat!

Tips & Tricks!

• I used Freedom Confectionery sweets to decorate my cupcakes (gifted)

• I find that soya milk works best in this recipe

• This is a similar mini cupcake tin; https://amzn.to/3NLDooX

• These are similar mini cupcakes cases; https://amzn.to/4bMGhhd

• This is the vanilla powder I use; https://amzn.to/4rSK9Dc

• These are my mixing bowls - https://amzn.to/489iB6s