Valentine’s Day's Special Red Velvet Cupcakes

Well How about another colorful cupcake for Valentines Day? By the way, have you made the Pomeranian Pomegranate Cupcakes that I talked about a few days ago? If not, here’s option #2 for your Valentine’s Day, and it’s another vegan one!

These are actually called Crimson Velveteen Cupcakes (I love the name!) and they’re from Isa Chandra Moskowitz’s book Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World: 75 Dairy-Free Recipes for Cupcakes that Rule. I have several of Isa’s other cookbooks, but I just got this one and these cupcakes are the first thing I’ve baked from it. This cute little cookbook was named the “Cookbook of the Year” by VegNews.

So, back to the baking. There was nothing weird in this recipe that required an emergency trip to my favorite little hippie health food store (although that would be dandy with me since I love it there). Just flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and soda, soy milk (I used almond), canola oil and flavorings. It was super easy to whip up, so the recipe wins kudos for that too.