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Chocolate Merengue Cupcakes (Vegan, Gluten & Sugar Free)

This is a recipe for a rich and fudgy chocolate cupcake topped with megengues. They are both vegan, gluten and sugar free
Course Baking, Dessert, Healthy Dessert, Sweet Snack, Sweet Treat
Cuisine All around
Keyword Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Refined-Sugar-Free, Sugar Free, Vegan
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 5 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 dl Apple sauce
  • 1 1/2 dl Plant based milk (I used almond)
  • 1 tsp Coconut oil melted and a bit cooled
  • 1 tsp Apple cider vinegar
  • 2 dl Oat flour
  • 3/4 dl Cacao powder
  • 1/2-3/4 dl Stevia granular sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda

For the merengue

  • 1/4 dl Merengue powder
  • 1/4 dl Water
  • or
  • 1/4 package Aquafaba
  • 1/4 tsp Cream of tart
  • 2 tsp Stevia granular sugar
  • 1/8-1/4 tsp Red food coloring

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius.
  • Add apple sauce, milk, coconut oil and apple cider vinegar to a blender and mix until smooth.
  • Comine rest of the ingredients for the cupcakes in a bowl.
  • Add to the wet ingredients in the blender and mix just until smooth.
  • Fill up 7/8 part of the muffin tins (will make 5-6 muffins depending on the size of the tins) and bake in the middle of the oven for 14-18 minutes.
  • Take out and let cool.

For the merengue

  • I made both white, pink and red merengue. But I only used one batter. Follow instructions below.
  • Add merengue powder and water, or awuafaba, cream of tart and sugar to a high mixing bowl. Mix using a electric hand mixer until stiff peaks start to form. (Take 10-15 minutes).
  • Using a piping tip (or just a spoon) add merengue on top of each cupcake.
  • When you're done with the white merengue add about 1/8 of a teaspoon (it can vary depending on which food coloring you're using). This will make the merengue pink.
  • Top the amount of cupcakes you want to have in pink using a piping tip.
  • Add another 1/8 of a teaspoon of food coloring for making red meregnue.
  • Top the cupcakes that you want to have with red merengue.
  • Serve immediately or store in the fridge until 30 minutes before it's time to serve.