Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Tonight I tried a recipe from another book I bought this week called Cupcake Heaven. There's a section in there for healthy cupcakes. I didn't trust it to be healthy at first because it was surrounded by recipes for Caramalised Banana Split Cupcakes and Fudge Frosted Peanut Butter Cupcakes. Luckily.....I was proved very wrong and they've turned out delicious!

As they're vegan, they didn't include eggs, butter or milk - another thing that made me suspicious (I should say at this point I'm naturally cynical when it comes to things being called 'healthy', hence the blog...). I admit I didn't choose them because they were vegan, instead I just went through the book, looking at the Weight Watchers points and picking the recipes that actually looked tasty. Some plain flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, sugar, water, vegetable oil and white wine vinegar all bound together to make yummy cupcakes.

Possibly my favourite thing about the book though is that there are no airs and graces. None of this 'mix in a freestanding mixer with a paddle attachment' which any baker recognises as 'mix in a £350+ mixer'. I do have an old Kenwood Chef but am just as happy to mix things in a bowl, old fashioned like, so just did that in this case (was one less thing to wash too. ;)).

The mixture looked fab. Runny and the complete opposite to yesterdays 'lumps'! When baked they were a glorious dark brown colour and I just knew they were going to taste beautiful. I let them cool and made the frosting a few hours later. It was made by mixing vegetable oil, cocoa powder, boiling water and icing sugar which created a shiny and spreadable glossy frosting which spread really easily over the cupcakes. I'd be keen to make the same frosting for any chocolate cupcakes I make in the future - it would also go well on top of brownie.

Needless to say, they're delicious. I was a bit wary of continuing yesterday after neither recipe went flawlessly but these definitely smashed one out of the park.

Weight Watchers ProPoints: 6

Calories: 177