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Vegan Tiramisu Cupcakes

These Vegan Tiramisu Cupcakes are coffee-kissed treats bringing together tender cake, silky ganache, and tangy vegan frosting, perfect for sharing and indulging.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Vegan
Calories: 250
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Cupcakes
  • 210 ml dairy-free milk (soya works best)
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste
  • 240 g self-raising flour
  • 50 g caster sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 60 ml sunflower oil
  • 2 tablespoons ground coffee granules in 1 tablespoon of hot water
For the Ganache and Frosting
  • 150 g dairy-free dark chocolate
  • 120 g coconut cream
  • 2 tablespoons coffee granules
  • 150 g dairy-free butter (block style, room temperature)
  • 100 g vegan cream cheese (full-fat, room temperature)
  • 300 g powdered or icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • Cocoa powder for dusting For garnishing

Method
 

Preparation
  1. Preheat your oven to 180C fan and line 2 cupcake tins with cases.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the dairy-free milk with the apple cider vinegar to make vegan buttermilk. Whisk and add in the vanilla.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and bicarbonate of soda.
  4. Mix the oil with the buttermilk and add to the dry ingredients, folding until smooth.
  5. Divide batter in two; mix coffee paste into one half.
  6. Fill the cases with batter, alternating flavors to create a swirl.
Baking
  1. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
  2. Cool completely before filling and decorating.
Making Ganache
  1. For ganache, heat coconut cream until simmering, dissolve coffee powder, pour over chopped chocolate, stir until smooth. Cool until thickened.
  2. Pipe ganache into cooled cupcakes.
Making Frosting
  1. For frosting, beat dairy-free butter until fluffy, mix in cream cheese and vanilla, gradually add icing sugar until smooth.
  2. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes and dust with cocoa powder. Serve and enjoy.

Notes

Use room-temperature ingredients for an even batter and silky frosting. Allow cooling before filling. Chill ganache if too runny.