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Rum and Raisin Cupcakes – Dairy Free Recipe

June 5, 2017 by rachel 2 Comments

Rum and raisin cupcakes - Dairy Free Recipe
Rum and raisin cupcakes - Dairy Free Recipe
By Rachel Howard on 06/05/2017
A delicious cupcake filled with rum soaked raisins, topped with a 'buttery' rum glaze and a rich rum frosting.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 12

 

Is there a better way to make a rainy day more cheerful? Today I woke up to a day off work and the weather was miserable so I decided to bake some vegan cupcakes.

I normally like my rum and raisin in ice cream form, but this is a good enough substitute right now!

This recipe was adapted from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World.

Ingredients for the cake:
  • 110g raisins – roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp dark rum
  • 180ml soya milk
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 75g rapeseed oil
  • 150g granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp treacle
  • 1 tbsp rum
  • 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 175g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg

Method:

  • Preheat the oven to 180C and line a cupcake tin with liners
  • In a small bowl, mix the dark rum with the raisins and let them soak for a minimum of 30 minutes
  • Whisk together the milk and vinegar – set aside for a few minutes to curdle
  • Pour milk mix into a large bowl and whisk in the oil, sugar, treacle, rum and vanilla extract
  • Sift in the flour, cornflour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and nutmeg
  • Stir well until everything is combined
  • Fold in the rum soaked raisins
  • Fill the cupcake liners (1/3 full) and bake for 18 – 20 minutes

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Ingredients for the Rum Glaze:
  • 65ml dark rum
  • 3 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 15g vegan margarine

Method:

  • Bring the rum and sugar to a simmer over a medium heat
  • Make sure the sugar dissolves and leave to bubble for a minute
  • Reduce the heat and cook for another 2 minutes until it resembles a thin light syrup
  • Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and margarine
  • Allow to cool for a few minutes before dribbling over the still warm cupcakes

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Ingredients for the Rum Frosting:
  • 60g vegan margarine – room temperature
  • 180g icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp rum
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

  • Beat the margarine, sugar and rum together on a slow speed (using a handheld  mixer)
  • Turn the speed to high and beat until thick and creamy – around 5 minutes
  • If the frosting is still a little runny, add some more icing sugar (and if it’s too thick add some soya milk)
  • Frost the cupcakes with a small swirl

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The verdict? Pretty good…..not as good as rum and raisin ice-cream, but the flavour was definitely there. They haven’t taken over my favourite recipe from this book though.

If you wanted to make these a little lighter, they would be perfectly good without the frosting!

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Filed Under: Cupcake, Vegan

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Comments

  1. Sabine says

    July 2, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Just stumbled across your site and these look delish! I’m sure my vegan friend will love them.
    It’s such a shame you’re not posting any new recipies by the looks of it. Not to be nosy but I do hope you’re OK though. You stopped posting fairly suddenly :-O

    Reply
    • rachel says

      July 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm

      Hi Sabine – thanks for the comment! All good thanks…..life priorities just changed a little so I don’t have as much time for baking. Although I did make some delicious vegan chocolate and marmalade sandwich biscuits at the weekend so maybe I’ll post a few more recipes in the near future x

      Reply

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Welcome to Sunday Baking! I started this blog at the start of 2013 and it's taken me on a wonderful journey. A lot has changed in the last few years and you will now see more refined sugar free recipes (although don't worry....if you have a sweet tooth I will still be featuring regular sweet stuff too!).
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Happy Baking!
Rachel x

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