Basic Cupcakes (vegan)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
• 1/4 cup soya flour
• 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup all- vegetable margarine
• 75 ml orange juice
• 75 ml water
• flavoring (suggestions above) (optional)
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2 -4 tablespoons warm water (or a mix of the two) or 2 -4 tablespoons lemons (or a mix of the two) or 2 -4 tablespoons orange juice (or a mix of the two)
• flavoring (optional, suggestions above)

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to gas 3 / 325f.
• 2 mix: in a large bowl "cream" sugar and marg until smooth.
• 3 sieve flour and soya flour and bicarb of soda (plus cocoa or coffee if using) in to sugar and marg.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 add juice and water.
• 6 add other flavouring(s) if using.
• 7 spoon evenly in to 12 cake cases.
• 8 bake for 25-35 mins, until cakes spring back when poked.
• 9 leave to cool completely.
• 10 icing: sieve icing sugar (plus falvouring if using) into bowl.
• 11 add water/juice until it is at your desired thickness, stirring it at same time. a little liquid is usually enough!
• 12 spoon onto the cool cakes, adding any decoration on top of unset icing.