Vegan Pumpkin Cupcakes with Coconut

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoons ground ginger
• 9 ounces pumpkin puree
• 0.75 cups soy milk
• 0.5 cups vegetable oil , Optional
• 1 tablespoon agave nectar , Optional
• 0.5 cups vegan chocolate chips

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.

2. 2

   Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a large bowl. In a second bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, soy milk, oil, and agave nectar until evenly blended. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour in pumpkin mixture; stir just until batter is combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

3. 3

   Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full. Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes.

4. 4

   Meanwhile, cream coconut cream, vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar in a bowl until creamy. Refrigerate until use.

5. 5

   Remove cupcakes from the oven and cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Frost cooled cupcakes with coconut cream frosting and sprinkle with a thick layer of coconut flakes.