Vegan Lemon Muffins
Light and fluffy vegan lemon muffins topped with lemon icing.
Servings: 12
Calories: 180kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g oat milk or your regular milk
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon lemon zest finely grated peel from 2 lemons
- 50 ml vegetable oil or other pale, mild oil
- 200 g plain flour
- 2 tablespoon cornflour
- 4 tablespoon caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
Lemon Icing & Sprinkles (optional)
- 150 g icing sugar confectioner's sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan/350f/gas mark 4 and fill a 12-hole muffin tray or 2 x 6-hole muffin trays with paper cupcake or muffin cases.
- Measure the oat milk into a jug or bowl, add 2 tablespoon lemon juice and the lemon peel and stir. Set aside.
- Add the flour into the bowl and add the other dry ingredients cornstarch, baking powder, sugar, salt and turmeric, if you are
adding it). Mix well. - Add the oil to the milk and stir. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients then mix lightly until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the muffin cases and bake the muffins for 20-25 minutes until a skewer or toothpick come out clean and they are springy to the touch.
- Leave to cool in the muffin tray for a few minutes and then move to baking rack to cool completely.
- While the muffins are cooling, make the icing. Add 2 tablespoon of lemon juice into the icing sugar and mix well until you have a thick, smooth icing. If it needs a little more lemon juice if you need it. It will need less than you think.
- Spoon the icing onto the cooled muffins and add
some sprinkles. - Enjoy!
Notes
- DO NOT OVER MIX THE CAKE BATTER. You will end up with rubbery muffins. Don't worry if there are some lumps or stray flour, it will all be fine.
- The cool muffins can be kept in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- The muffins (before they are iced) can be frozen for 3-4 months in an airtight, freezer-proof tub for 3-4 months. Defrost in the fridge overnight.
Nutrition
Serving: 12g | Calories: 180kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 1mg
