It is Vegan MoFo III, the Vegan Month of Food, day 29.
My husband was looking for something sweet and went about going through all the cookbooks in the kitchen, in search of something with the right stuff. Let it be chocolate. He picked up Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s The Joy of Vegan Baking, and soon settled on the Hearty Spiced Cocoa Muffins. I’d never made them before and was all for trying something new.
When I think of muffins I think of something hearty, substantial, something with a little weight – these are light as air. Super light. I’d call them cupcakes. They’ve been infused with a hint of cloves and cinnamon, just enough to compliment the chocolate nicely. They’re like Mexican hot chocolate in cupcake form.
We whipped up some dairy-free cream and made our own spicy hostess cupcakes.
And they taste as good as they look.
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Oooh they look FAB!
That is genius what you did with the whipped cream, I bet it took these to a whole different level! Mmmm they sound delicious, even if they weren’t like a traditional muffin.
Lovely pictures! Oh, the cream in the middle of the cupcakes… we used to do that sometimes when I was a kid. Yum!
Oh my goodness, what a decadent treat! Gorgeous photos too.
-K
I think I can smell these muffins right now!
oh they look to die for and i’ll bet they tasted delicious – love the pic of the empty wrappers sums up the treat perfectly!
omg. I’m going to show my partner this post whilst innocently opening Joy of Vegan Baking on the appropriate page… delicious.
Thanks for pointing me to that recipe!
That cream in the middle. . . I’m drooling. . . ;)
I love the way you frosted these cupcakes–very creative!
Thanks so much!
YUM !~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!