These Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes have a moist strawberry crumb filled with juicy strawberry pieces and topped with vegan strawberry buttercream. It's a lovely pink cupcake recipe for any occasion, birthday, or Christmas table.
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Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper liners. Slightly oil paper with oil spray. Set aside.
First, prepare the strawberry milk: hull and weigh the strawberries, then place the 6 strawberries in a food processor or blender with soy milk. Blend/pulse into a smooth strawberry milk form.
In a bowl, stir strawberry milk made above and apple cider vinegar. Set aside for 5 minutes to curdle the milk.
In another large mixing bowl, whisk flour, sugar, salt, baking powder until evenly combined.
Stir in the milk mixture, melted vegan butter, vanilla extract.
Stir with a spoon until just combined, then fold in chopped strawberries.
Divide the batter evenly into the 12 cupcake liners, filling up to 2/3 full, not more!
Bake at 350°F (180°C) on the center rack of your oven for 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.
Cool immediately on a wire rack before frosting with vegan strawberry buttercream frosting.
Strawberry Buttercream frosting
Prepare 1 batch of vegan vanilla frosting and stir in food coloring, strawberry powder, and flavor at the end.
Notes
Storage: Store the cupcakes in the fridge in an airtight box for up to 4 days or freeze and thaw in the fridge the day before.