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Easiest Cupcakes on the Planet
What you need:
1 small can of pumpkin
1 box of vegan yellow cake mix
What you do:
Mix and divide into greased muffin tins (or use liners) and bake per the directions on the cake mix box.
If you prefer, you can just make this as a cake instead.
My husband moaned after each bite, that's how much he loved them. They are super moist and absolutely delicious!
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SO HOW'D IT GO?
These really were the easiest cupcakes ever! And they come out perfect, really moist and fluffy. I used a devil's food chocolate cake mix, added about 1/8 cup soymilk to the batter, and made heart-shaped cupcakes... but they were gone before I got a chance to take a picture. Next time, I'll try this as a cake. Thanks for a great recipe!
I finally tried these simply using a box of yellow cake mix and a 15 oz can of pumpkin as the recipe calls for, and thought they were a little odd tasting. If I make these again, I think I would try adding pumpkin pie spice or something because it felt like they were missing something. (Though the people I fed them to didn't seem to think they were odd, so maybe it's just me. :-\)
OMG! I didn't need any extra water - or anything else, for that matter. However, I DID voluntarily add a bag of butterscotch chips, 2-3 tbsp. of maple syrup, and generous amount of pumplin pie spice. I melted the butterscotch and simply mized everything together. Once the cake was baked and still hot, I experimented by topping it off with a light coat of lemon curd (not vegan, but vegetarian). WOW! What an unexpected surprise. I couldn't wait for it to cool - had to eat it right away. YUM! Thank you for sharing! ;D :D ::)
YUM YUM and YUM
i also added 1/2c water to soften up the batter a bit...these were fantastic...i made a vegan version of the creamcheese style frosting to go on top....try it:
8oz tofutti "cream cheese"
1/4 c soy garden "butter"
1 c confectioner's sugar
1teaspoon vanilla extract
when cream cheese and butter are softened at room temp, blend together...then add in the sugar a little at a time and vanilla....add more sugar if you want it even sweeter as this is not an over-the-top sweet frosting
ENJOY
Ok, I just ate one topped with vegan cream cheese icing and OMG, soooo gooooood....
I've also made these chocolate. I used to have a recipe for making the cake mix part out of various dry ingredients, which was even better than having to buy a mix, but I think I lost it in the move. Anyway, try it with chocolate, it sounds weird, but they're great.
I just made this with a spice cake mix, a 16-oz can of pumpkin, 1/2 cup of water, and about 1/4 cup applesauce (it was too dry with just the pumpkin). They took a long time to bake (almost double the time listed on the box), but they are SO GOOD! Next time I might add some pumpkin pie spice for extra flavor, but it isn't really necessary. I bet yellow cake would also be delicious. I didn't have the problem phatpeechez did, though - I made 16 muffins, and they were smaller than I would have liked, so next time I'll make 12. Anyway, thanks Sarah Beth! I'll totally use this recipe many times in the future. :-)
I've made this with devil's food cake mix and it is almost like a brownie. No pumpkin taste at all. My no-veggie family actually liked these!
:P This is absolutely fantastic...First I made muffins, then I baked a cake and took it to work...It did not last an hour...Thanx so much..I'm off to bake another..I like easy ;D
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