Vegan Agave Sweetened Chocolate Cupcakes

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  • Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
1 and 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (188g)1/2 ts salt1 ts baking soda1/4 c (30g) unsweetened baking cocoa powder1/2 cup plus 1 Tb Agave (or 3/4 cup for a sweeter cake)1 1/2 ts vanilla extract1/3 c (80ml) corn oil1 Tb (15 ml)3/4 c minus 1 Tb cold water (slightly under 3/4 cup)
Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly oil a 12 cup muffin tin, or use paper liners.
Combine all the dry ingredients in a medium size mixing bowl. Combine the wet ingredients in a 2 cup glass pyrex measure, adding the vinegar last. add the wet ingredients to the dry, mixing til combined and fairly smooth, but do not OVERmix!
For easier handling, pour the batter back to the pyrex measure cup, and pour the batter into the muffin tin. Fill about 3/4 full. Bake for about 20 minutes, or til toothpick inserted comes out clean. Keep leftovers in a covered container. Enjoy!
makes about 12 cupcakes, with a little bit of batter left over to lick from the bowl ;-)
(Nutrition info is allowing for 3/4 cup agave. Cupcakes are approx 159 calories with the lower amount).

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user INTERPRETER2.

Servings Per Recipe: 12
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 174.1
  • Total Fat: 6.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 202.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 29.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 2.0 g

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