My kids can’t wait for their friends’ birthdays. These days the absence of a birthday party means the delivery of birthday cupcakes. Cupcakes delivered right to the front door of the birthday girl or boy. It’s a great excuse for a social distance visit. We’ve been missing our friends, missing the celebrations but not letting that get us down.
So we say: bring on the cupcakes! Bring on the birthdays!
One of our friends is vegan and she loves chocolate. So we were in search of a great chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting. Since I’m not vegan, I don’t have a lot of tried and true vegan recipes. So the search was on for a recipe where I could replace the eggs. For the icing, I just made my typical buttercream icing but used vegan butter instead of dairy butter. These are the best vegan cupcakes I’ve tried. They are so rich, dense and chocolatey. Even my mom friend texted me and asked – are these really vegan?!
Here’s to celebrating birthdays during these crazy times. Food really does connect people – especially when cupcakes and kids are involved.
Mimi Eats 