Recipes

Bake
polar bear cubcakes

Bake these super-cute cubcakes for your friends and family

For the cakes you’ll need

150ml non-dairy milk
½tsp cider vinegar
110g vegan butter or sunflower spread
110g caster sugar
110g self-raising flour
Few drops of vanilla extract
½tsp baking powder
12-hole bun tray
12 paper cake cases

For the decorations you’ll need

200g icing sugar
100g vegan butter or sunflower spread
1tsp vanilla extract
Dairy-free white chocolate buttons
Desiccated coconut
Black or chocolate writing icing

Step one

Ask an adult to help! Set the oven to gas mark 5 or 190C. Grease the bun tray and put the paper cake cases in it.

Step two

Place all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix with a spoon until smooth.

Step three

Divide the mixture between the paper cases and bake in the centre of the oven for 15-18 minutes, or until the cakes have risen and are just firm to the touch in the centre.

Step four

Ask an adult to remove the cakes from the oven, then leave them to cool.

Step five

For the decoration, mix the vegan butter, icing sugar and vanilla extract together until you’ve got a pale, smooth icing.

Step six

Decorate the top of the cupcakes with the icing, using a knife to smooth it out.

Step seven

Add two dairy-free chocolate buttons to each cupcake for the ears.

Step eight

Sprinkle coconut on top of the icing. Gently press the coconut in with your hand and shake off any that’s loose.

Step nine

Use the writing icing to add the bear’s eyes, nose and mouth. Then share with friends and enjoy!

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