Single-Serving Cupcakes (Strawberry Daquiri) for Cupcake Wars

My mum woke me up a few days ago and told me how "Cupcake Wars" on the Food Network was holding an all-vegan competition. It wasn't until I saw the exact commercial that I got especially excited - I mean, I've only seen one recipe labelled as vegan throughout the entire Food Network website so this was a total shocker. However, I also knew that they had hosted "The Veg Edge" on their sister channel, "The Cooking Channel" and had much hope for all of this. In celebration I decided to take a recipe from one of the many cupcake challenges and twist it up a bit.

(Three Single Serving Cupcakes Ingredients)

• 3/4 cup of All-Purpose (or White Whole Wheat) Flour
• 1/4 cup of White Whole Wheat Flour
• 2 tbl Stevia
• 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
• 1/8 tsp Turmeric
• A few tbl of Non-Dairy Milk
• 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
• 1/4 tsp Veggie Oil

(Strawberry Icing Ingredients)

• 1/4 cup of Coconut Cream(whipped until fluffy)
• 1/4 tsp of Coconut Oil (liquid)
• 2 Medium Strawberries (diced to a pulp)
• 1/2 tsp of Lime Juice
• 1 tbl of Stevia *

(Kiwi Curd/Filling Ingredients)

• 1/2 Pureed Kiwi
• 1/2 tbl Stevia *
• 1 tbl of Cornstarch
• 5 tbl of Water
• 1/4 cup of Water
• Lemon Zest

(Directions)

• For the cupcakes: Whisk your dry ingredients together, fold in your milk and vanilla extract then add in your oil.
• Place into your baking molds and tap them each lightly about 20 times onto the counter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until your toothpick comes clean from test-time.
• Let them cool and then prepare your fillings and "icing"


• For the Strawberry Icing: Mash your strawberries with the juice and stevia, then fold them into the coconut cream and oil.
• Place into a plastic or pastry bag and wait for your cupcakes to cool.


• For the Kiwi Curd - Combine everything except for the tablespoons of water and cornstarch, then heat on medium.
• Mix tablespoons of water and cornstarch, then add to kiwi. Cook until it has thickened. Let the curd cool, place into a pastry bag and wait until your cupcakes are cool.
• Then use a skewer to make a hole in the middle of the cupcake, add in your curd and top with your icing - then turn onto the Food Network around 7:30/8:00 and enjoy yourself!

Note* - You can use raw sugar or other sweeteners if you don't enjoy stevia.