Raspberry Cupcakes with Dairy-Free Cream Cheese Frosting
Alisa Fleming ~ This dairy-free recipe for raspberry cupcakes is a year round classic for birthday parties and celebrations. It can be customized to fit any season, and right now, fresh berries and patriotic barbecues are the theme. For 4th of July gatherings, use a combination of blueberries and raspberries for that traditional red, white, and blue dessert effect.
As is, this is a “just dairy-free” recipe – okay, it happens to be nut-free, too, but it does contain eggs. You might be able to substitute egg replacers such as Ener-G for the eggs to make the raspberry cupcakes vegan and egg-free, but it hasn’t been tested here as of yet (it’s on the agenda!).
If you prefer soy-free, you can use the cashew cream cheese alternative recipe in Go Dairy Free. A double batch will do ya, making a full 16 ounces of creamy and slightly tangy goodness for the frosting.
These creamy vanilla cupcakes are spiked with fresh raspberries
Recipe adapted from the Street Eats Recipe Collection, created by Frankie Francollo.
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup plain or vanilla rice, almond, or coconut milk beverage
- 3/4 cup canola oil
- 1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups raspberries or blueberries, fresh or frozen, divided
- 2 8-ounce packages dairy-free cream cheese alternative
- 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F, and line 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
- In a medium bowl, blend the sugar and eggs until thick, about 1 minute. Add the milk, canola oil, and vanilla, and mix until smooth.
- While mixing, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients until fully combined, scraping sides of bowl with spatula to get out all lumps.
- Remove the bowl from the mixter, and gently fold in 1 cup of the berries.
- Divide the batter between your muffin tins; they will be about two-thirds full.
- Bake the cupcakes for 20 minutes or until they spring back to the touch.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool completely while you prepare the frosting.
- For the frosting, place the cream cheese alternative in a medium bowl and mix it until smooth.
- Slowly add the sifted powdered sugar and vanilla until fully combined.
- Spoon the frosting into a pastry bag with medium round tip and pipe on top of cooled cupcakes.
- Top the cupcakes with the remaining 1 cup of berries.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate until serving.
Notes
This recipe is Vegetarian, Dairy free, Nut free, Peanut free, and optionally Soy free.
http://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/raspberry-cupcakes-cream-cheese-frosting
Tagged birthdays, nut-free, peanut-free, summer, vegetarian
2 Comments
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SaraNovember 18, 2012 at 6:29 am
Hi,
I was wondering if you knew of any soy-free, dairy-free frosting that would work well with this recipe or other recipes that typically go with cream cheese frosting (like carrot cake).
Thanks!
Alisa FlemingNovember 18, 2012 at 7:28 amAuthor
Sara, I use homemade cashew creme cheese alternative to replace the soy-based cream cheese alternative. Works great! My personal recipe is in Go Dairy Free – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979128625