Cupcakes Of Hope

This versatile cupcake recipe can be altered to make three different flavoured cupcakes.

Makes 12 Ingredients: 250ml soy, oat or rice milk 1 tsp white vinegar 180ml sugar 80ml vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 120g (250ml) cake flour 80ml cocoa powder ¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt Method: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees...

Makes enough to frost 12 cupcakes Ingredients: 4 large egg whites 120g (250ml) white sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract Method: Whisk the eggs and sugar in a bowl over gently simmering water until hot to the touch. Remove from the heat. Use an electric beater with a whisk...

Ermine Frosting Makes enough to frost 12 cupcakes Ingredients: 35g cake flour 100g white sugar Pinch of fine salt 250ml milk 225g unsalted butter ½ tsp vanilla essence Method: Whisk the flour, sugar, salt and milk together in a saucepan. Place over low heat and cook...

The secret to making perfect cupcakes in an air fryer is to use silicone or foil cupcake cases. The strong airflow in the air fryer can otherwise cause your cupcakes to distort so don’t be tempted to skip this step.

This genius frosting recipe is easy to whip up and tastes delicious too! Turn it into virtually any flavour by adding cocoa powder, peanut butter, caramel, fruit puree or flavour extracts.

Better known as Ermine, roux or flour buttercream, this delicious frosting is made using a cooked pudding mixture which adds creaminess, reduces the sugar content and is a great budget-saving way of bulking up frosting, too!

This moist and fluffy cupcake recipe uses much less sugar than the average cupcake recipe. If you’d like to reduce the sugar content even further, replace some or even all of the sugar with a sugar replacer such as xylitol.