Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes With Chocolate Mousse Topping

These are sooooo good! no exaggeration. The topping is light and fluffy and not overly sweet, and you would never know that the cupcakes were vegan. The recipe come from vegan cupcakes take over the world. once you taste these cupcakes, there will be no doubt that these can take over the world! the mousse topping makes enough for probably 2 dozen cupcakes, so go ahead and double the cupcake recipe...they are sure to disappear in no time. Preparation time doesn't include the 1 hour refrigeration time for the mousse.

Steps

For cupcakes: preheat oven to 350f and put your cupcakes liners in your muffin pan.

Whisk together the soy milk and vinegar in a bowl , giving it a few minutes to curdle before proceeding.

Add the sugar , oil , vanilla to the curdled soy milk and beat until a little frothy.

In a separate bowl , mix the flour , cocoa powder , baking powder , baking soda , and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet in 2 batches , mixing until no large lumps remain.

Fill the muffin liners about 3 / 4 fill.

I use an ice cream scoop so that they are sure to be uniform in size.

Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool for about 10 minutes in the pan , and then remove from pan and put on a cooling rack until completely cooled.

For the mousse topping: put the tofu , soy milk , maple syrup and vanilla in a blender.

Puree until completely smooth.

Melt the chocolate , either in a double boiler or carefully in a microwave.

If you use a microwave , be careful so.

Ingredients

soymilk, apple cider vinegar, granulated sugar, canola oil, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, extra-firm silken tofu, maple syrup, semi-sweet chocolate chips