I’m so excited to share these adorable lemon & jelly bean cupcakes with you! With the fluffiest lemon cupcakes you’ll ever try, topped with a zesty lemon buttercream and vegan-friendly jelly beans as a sweet alternative to mini eggs.
Kids will love these (and so will adults!)
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Vegan Easter Lemon Cupcakes
These cupcakes are made of the lightest lemon sponge, indulgent lemon buttercream and topped with adorable pastel-coloured jelly beans. Not only are these cupcakes cute and delicious but they're completely vegan-friendly. No dairy, no eggs. Vegan-friendly jelly beans make a festive alternative to mini eggs and kids will love them!
Ingredients
For the Base:
- 240ml almond milk
- Juice and zest from 1/2 medium lemon (save other half for frosting)
- 150g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 80ml sunflower oil
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the Icing:
- 150g dairy-free butter
- 280g icing sugar
- Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon
- Vegan-friendly jelly beans
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C and line a cupcake tray with eight liners.
Mix the almond milk, lemon juice and zest together in a jug to "curdle" slightly for a few minutes. Meanwhile, mix the flour and corn starch together in a large mixing bowl.
Add the oil, sugar and vanilla to the almond milk. Then mix the wet ingredients into the dry and whisk until smooth.
Divide the batter between the eight cupcake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and spongey to the touch. Tip, when you're dividing up your mix use a 1/4 measuring cup to scoop the batter into the cases. This way, you know you're getting the same amount for each cupcake plus it helps to avoid any drips!
Leave to cool completely before decorating.
Prepare the buttercream by whisking the dairy-free butter, lemon juice, zest and icing sugar together until a thick frosting is formed. Add more icing sugar, if needed.
Transfer the buttercream to an icing bag with a star-shaped nozzle. Create buttercream swirls on top of the cupcakes.
Now the fun part! Decorate with your pastel-coloured jelly beans. Enjoy!
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What can I use instead of self-rising flour? What I have on hand is: all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and white & cider vinegars. Could I substitute any of these? Thanks.
This will be too late now, probably but 2 teaspoons of baking powder and half a teaspoon of bicarb in with your plain flour!
Thanks! Not too late at all!
What can I use instead of self l-rising flour? What I have on hand is: all-urpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and white & cider vinegars. Thanks.
Hi! I can’t access the link to the recipe anymore. Could you please help me out with this?
Oops, will update it now! Here is a link that works in the mean time: https://www.wayfair.co.uk/sca/ideas-and-advice/entertaining/vegan-lemon-cupcakes-for-easter-T4050
Hi! I don´t have selfraising flour on hand, how much baking powder should I use instead?
Sorry to comment on an old post but do you use sweetened or unsweetened almond milk?
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No worries Felicity. I use unsweetened :-) Let me know how you get on!
These are so cute!!! I just want to stare at them all day <3
Haha! Thanks Lucie :-) x
Oh my goodness Aimee, it’s just like Easter cuteness overload on your blog this week <3 Forget the easter bunny, I want you to bring me a basket of goodies!
Haha! Thank you Natalie, I hope you had a brilliant Easter weekend x
So so cute and jelly bean topped ;) I love it!!
Thanks Rebecca! Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend x
I love lemon! These cupcakes looks super fluffy! And that icing!!!!
Me too, I’m on a lemon baking kick right now! Thanks Jenn :-)
Very pretty cupcakes Aimee just perfect for Easter.
Thanks Vicky! x
These look lovely! I tried going vegan back in February and think I might try it out again with these to keep me going xxx
Lucy @ La Lingua | Food, Travel, Italy
Yeah so that thing about vegans being healthy? Total myth! Let me know if you try going vegan again, I can send you any tips if you need! Have a great Easter, Lucy :-) xxx
Oh wow -fantastic recipe!
Thanks love! Have a wonderful Easter x
These look so cute! Very Easter looking but without the usual mini eggs. Love it
Thank you, Nelly! I loved your Wayfair recipe too :-) Have a great Easter x