Dairy free cupcakes recipe

These dairy free cupcakes are easy to make and can be topped with our delicious dairy free frosting for an indulgent afternoon treat. 

Unlike our classic cupcake recipe, these dairy free cupcakes are made with a soya spread instead of butter. They are still wonderfully light and fluffy but the flavour is a little different. It’s important to note that these cupcakes use eggs and are therefore not suitable for those who follow a vegan diet. 

Ingredients

• 100g soya spread
• 100g caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 100g self-raising flour
• 1tsp baking powder

For the topping:

• 175g soya spread
• 350g icing sugar couple of drops of vanilla essence
• Few drops of food colouring (optional)
• Sprinkles to decorate (optional) 

Method

1. Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, Gas 6). Line a muffin tin or tins with 12 cupcake cases.
2. Put the soya spread, sugar, eggs, flour and baking powder into a large bowl & whisk with electric beaters for a couple of minutes.
3. Once the batter is well blended and smooth, divide the mixture between the cupcake cases. You want to fill the cases around halfway so that once baked, there is room for the frosting.
4. Bake for 13 - 16 minutes until the cakes are risen and spring back to the touch. Lift the cases out of the tin and cool on a wire rack.
5. Beat together the soya spread, vanilla essence and icing sugar, then if using, add food colouring in small drops until you reach the desired colour.
6. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a nozzle if you like or simply snip the end of. Pipe swirls of frosting onto each cupcake and finish with sprinkles if you like.

Top tip for making dairy free cupcakes

If you don’t like the taste of soya spread you can use margarine instead. You will achieve the same texture but again the flavour and colour will be a little different to if you used butter. Continue reading if you’d like more dairy free cupcake tips. 

Using a piping bag with a star nozzle will help you achieve a classic swirled icing topping. If you’re put off by single-use piping bags, consider investing in a reusable one.

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There are six different nozzle attachments in this set so you can experiment with your favourite design. The piping bag can be washed and used multiple times.

You can replicate our vanilla cupcake recipe by adding some vanilla extract to this recipe if you like. Alternatively you might like our mini cupcakes or this chocolate cupcakes recipe.