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    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes

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    By Alisa Fleming on March 29, 2016 Alisa's Favorite Dairy-Free Recipes, Dairy Free Desserts, Dairy-Free Recipes

    It’s cupcake time! Earth Balance hosted a Cupcake Challenge, and they asked me to whip up a special recipe for the event. Fortunately, it didn’t take Tony and I long to come up with the idea to make butterscotch cupcakes. They’re a perfect special treat for birthday parties or potlucks, and are surprisingly easy to whip up.

    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes - over the top! Three recipes in one: eggless brown sugar cupcakes, vanilla dairy-free buttercream, and a quick butterscotch sauce.

    This favorite childhood flavor requires buttery goodness – I mean really, butter is in the name! So to seriously amp up the flavor in these butterscotch cupcakes, I prepared the vegan cupcake base with brown sugar and dairy-free Earth Balance Vegan Buttery Baking Sticks. Of course a rich, dairy-free buttercream is also required, and that butterscotch drizzle (with optional infusion) is a sweet, 5 minute recipe in itself, which works marvelously with the Earth Balance Buttery Spread.

    Yes, the drizzle on my butterscotch cupcakes looks a little more caramel in color because I stock organic dark brown sugar for baking. But let’s get past that shall we? The flavor is still butterscotch-y and if you’re that caught up on color hues, light brown sugar will give you a more opaque butterscotch shade.

    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes - over the top! Three recipes in one: eggless brown sugar cupcakes, vanilla dairy-free buttercream, and a quick butterscotch sauce.

    My recipe for vegan butterscotch cupcakes uses both the Earth Balance Buttery Spread Tubs and the Buttery Baking Sticks, but choose which Earth Balance product works best for you when creating your sweet (or savory) masterpiece. And yes, Earth Balance does have soy-free, dairy-free butter substitute options, too!

    Also, since we currently live at high altitude, I’ve included recipe adjustments for those of you who live more than 4000 feet above sea level (Boulder perhaps?!). If you live at a modestly higher altitude (2000 to 4000 feet), I think you can get away with just reducing the baking powder in the recipe a touch (down to 1/2 teaspoon), and baking a minute or two longer, for that perfect cupcake rise.

    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes - over the top! Three recipes in one: eggless brown sugar cupcakes, vanilla dairy-free buttercream, and a quick butterscotch sauce.

    Reader Raves

    I welcome your feedback in the comments below, but sometimes people share their results on social media or direct. Like Evelyn on Facebook:

    I made these today. They were FANTASTIC!

    And Wendy, via email:

    I needed a special cupcake for my son’s birthday that was dairy-, egg-, and nut-free and these were perfect!

    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes - over the top! Three recipes in one: eggless brown sugar cupcakes, vanilla dairy-free buttercream, and a quick butterscotch sauce.Since I know many of you will email to ask, the butterscotch cupcakes shown just above are served on the collection of mini Revol Color Lab trivets!

    Special Diet Notes: Butterscotch Cupcakes

    By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, optionally soy-free, vegan / plant-based, and vegetarian.

    Vegan Butterscotch Cupcakes
     
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    Prep time
    40 mins
    Cook time
    25 mins
    Total time
    1 hour 5 mins
     
    These sweet cupcakes are a deliciously indulgent way to enjoy a favorite childhood flavor without a drop of dairy!
    Author: Alisa Fleming
    Serves: 12 butterscotch cupcakes
    Ingredients
    Brown Sugar Cupcakes
    • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 tablespoons cornstarch (can sub tapioca starch)
    • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup Earth Balance Buttery Sticks (Original or Soy Free), softened at room temperature
    • ¾ cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 cup original or unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage, divided
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
    Vanilla Buttercream
    • 1 cup (2 sticks) Earth Balance Buttery Sticks (Original or Soy Free), softened at room temperature
    • 3¾ cups powdered sugar
    • ¼ cup canned, full fat coconut milk (see note below)
    • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla flavoring or extract
    Butterscotch Sauce
    • ¼ cup Earth Balance Buttery Spread (Original or Soy Free)
    • ¾ cup packed light brown sugar (if using dark, it will come out more like my pictures)
    • ¾ cup canned, full fat coconut milk (see note below)
    • 2½ teaspoons vanilla extract
    • ⅛ to ¼ teaspoon salt, to taste
    Instructions
    To make the Brown Sugar Cupcakes
    1. Preheat your oven to 350ºF and line 12 muffin wells with cupcake liners.
    2. Add the flour, starch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a medium bowl, and whisk to combine.
    3. Add the buttery sticks and brown sugar to a mixing bowl, and beat with a hand mixer for about 2 minutes, or until creamed.
    4. Add ½ cup of the milk beverage, vanilla, vinegar, and about half of the flour mixture to the mixing bowl. Beat on low to combine. Add the remaining milk beverage and flour mixture, and beat on low to combine, scraping down the sides as needed.
    5. Divide the batter between the cupcake liners and bake for 20 to 22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake, comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack and cool completely before frosting.
    To make the Vanilla Buttercream
    1. While the cupcakes cool, place the buttery sticks in a mixing bowl and beat with a hand mixer for 1 to 2 minutes, or until creamy.
    2. Sift in the powdered sugar, about 1 cup at a time, beating on low to incorporate each addition. Add the vanilla, and slowly beat in the coconut milk until it reaches the creamy consistency you desire.
    To make the Butterscotch Sauce
    1. Melt the buttery spread in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
    2. Whisk in the brown sugar and coconut milk, and let the mixture bubble for 5 minutes (4 minutes at higher altitude), without stirring.
    3. Remove from the heat and whisk in the vanilla and salt. Let cool to room temperature.
    To Decorate the Cupcakes
    1. Optional: If you're craving a butterscotch infusion, use a skinny piping tip or a condiment bottle to inject a little butterscotch sauce - insert the tip about 1 inch into the top of the cupcake and squeeze a little in.
    2. Frost the cooled cupcakes by piping it on in swirls or simply slathering it on thick.
    3. Drizzle with the butterscotch sauce.
    Notes
    Coconut Milk - This is full-fat, regular coconut milk, which comes in cans or little aseptic packages, NOT milk beverage (in the big cartons). If you need to use light coconut milk or coconut milk beverage in the frosting, just add 1 tablespoon at a time, until your desired consistency is reached. Light coconut milk may work in the butterscotch sauce, but we haven't tested it.

    High Altitude Adjustments - Above 4000 feet, reduce the baking powder to ¼ teaspoon and optionally reduce the brown sugar to ⅔ cup. To keep them from ending up too greasy, I recommend also cutting the buttery sticks by 1 to 2 tablespoons (they have little markers on them!), and consequently increase the milk beverage by 1 to 2 tablespoons. You may need to increase the baking time to 23 to 25 minutes.
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    This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Earth Balance. The opinions and text are all mine.

    Alisa Fleming
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    Alisa is the founder of GoDairyFree.org, Food Editor for Allergic Living magazine, and author of the best-selling dairy-free book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living, and the new cookbook, Eat Dairy Free: Your Essential Cookbook for Everyday Meals, Snacks, and Sweets. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry.

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