Day of the Dead Margarita Cupcakes
Perfect for Halloween, these Day of the Dead inspired margarita cupcakes are the creation of Viva!’s very own Dr Justine Butler! Have a look at her blog for lots of other amazing recipes and inspiration 🙂
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Total time
40
Cuisine
Mexican, Central and South American
Servings
12
Ingredients
- 60ml/¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1½ tsp freshly grated lime zest
- 250ml/1 cup soya or hemp milk
- 60ml/¼ cup rapeseed oil
- 2 tbsp tequila
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 150g/¾ cup sugar
- 150g/1⅓ cups plain flour
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ pack fondant icing and vegan food colouring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350ºC/Gas Mark 4.
- Place 12 muffin cases into muffin cake tins.
- In a large bowl whisk together the lime juice, lime zest, soya milk, oil, tequila, vanilla and sugar.
- Sift in the flour, baking soda and powder, then add the salt.
- Whisk until smooth then divide into the muffin cases – they should be just over two-thirds full.
- Bake for 18-20 mins until a toothpick inserted comes out dry.
- Transfer to a cooling rack.
To ice, roll out fondant icing and cut skull shapes. Use a fork to indent teeth marks and paint with brush and black icing. Cut little circles in a different coloured icing (I used a pen lid as a cutter) and decorate with piped coloured icing as you like and use little silver balls for the eyes.
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