As Thanksgiving approaches, I know all of you -- vegan or not-- are looking for great options to the same-old-same-old orange-colored dessert that typically graces your table. Well, I have one for you and every word of it is like a fresh, sweet, tropical kiss: Vegan Mango Cupcakes with Mango Buttercream Frosting.
Mmmm...As you already know, I love my vegan cupcakes, especially ultra-creamy, tender ones like these vegan vanilla cupcakes. After all, how can anyone not love portion-controlled indulgence?
And yes, I'll admit, these mango cupcakes are indulgent, and rich, although probably nowhere near as rich as a non-vegan version could be. Besides, all of us need a little indulgence every now and then, don't we? And what can be more comforting than a soft, fluffy cupcake covered with mounds of soft, fluffy frosting.
I use canned mango puree in these cupcakes because here in the United States, it's not easy for me to get my hands on the ultra-sweet and delicious Indian mangoes that these cupcakes so badly need. Try to use the puree of Alphonso mangoes (which is available at Indian stores) because this is by far the richest and most full-bodied and sweetest mango you'll ever taste, hands down. If you're lucky enough to live in India where mangoes are in season during the summer, use fresh mango puree by all means. Lucky you.
The mango buttercream for these vegan mango cupcakes is made with vegan butter (like Earth Balance) and shortening, with a dash of mango puree and trust me, one bite of this and you will feel like you've just died and gone to heaven. It's a beautiful, versatile icing and one that you can use to frost all kinds of cakes. You can leave out the frosting and still have a delicious cupcake, but why would you?
Here are the recipes for my Vegan Mango Cupcakes and Vegan Mango Buttercream Frosting. Enjoy, all!
Looking for more delicious mango recipes?
- Vegan Mango Cheesecake
- Vegan Mango Lassi
- Vegan Mango Bread
- Vegan Mango Curry
- Gluten Free Vegan Mango Waffles
Vegan Mango Cupcakes with Mango Buttercream Frosting recipe:
Mango Cupcakes With Mango Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
For the Mango Cupcakes:
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cardamom powder (use green cardamoms)
- 1 ½ cups mango puree
- ⅓ cup avocado oil or any neutral oil
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Mango Buttercream Frosting:
- 16 tablespoon vegan butter (like Earth Balance, softened at room temperature)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup mango puree
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
Make Mango Cupcakes:
- Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Mix in the green cardamom powder.
- In another bowl, beat together until well-mixed the mango puree, oil, sugar and vanilla extract.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with a whisk just until you have a smooth batter. Do not overmix or overbeat.
- Divide the batter equally among 12 cups of a standard-sized muffin pan lined with cupcake liners. Smooth down the tops with the back of a spoon or spatula or you will have a lumpy top (it’ll still taste delicious, though 🙂 )
- Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven about 27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Make Mango Buttercream Frosting:
- Cream the butter with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer, with the whisk attachment, until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Now add the mango puree and vanilla and half the sugar. Beat until mixed, then add the remaining sugar and beat until mixed. This should take no more than 2 minutes altogether.
- Frost the cupcakes after they’ve cooled completely.
jan
With this recipe I made cupcake as well as cake, so many times. Today I made with fresh Peach puree,cardamom, added extra sugar as peaches were not that sweet, it turned out very well
Amanda Bojoh
I was just wondering how mangoy is the frosting? I've been looking for a good mango frosting to but on a different flavored cake but I really want to taste the mango!
Chitra Vivek
I tried these cupcakes over the weekend and they were just perfect. I topped it with some cruchy Hazelnuts instead of buttercream frosting. Thanks for such a wonderful receipe.
Vaishali
Hazelnuts would be delicious on this cake-- nice idea. Thanks for the feedback, Chitra. 🙂
Anonymous
Hi dear, for the 1st part you listed as 1 Tsp Vanilla, is it Vanilla extract/essence? thanks hun.
Vaishali
Always vanilla extract-- try and use the pure one. Good luck!
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hi
thanks a lot
its a wonderful recipe
Vaishali
Bek, not sure how the peach would work-- it would be a very different flavor of course, and you're right-- it probably wouldn't go with cardamom. Let me know how they turn out, if you do try them.
Bek
Me again (sorry)
Went to buy mangos and just found rocks...the are so hard! and green, awful (no posibility of finding mango pure in a can here)... Last time I found eatable mangos (cost a fortune btw) but I should have known that that single day I had just luck, I live in Sweden and here there is almost never good fruit. (except for apples and bananas) So I wonder, do you think peach from cans can work? If i mix them in the blender to get puree? hehe I supose I have to skip cardemom...
Ahhh... I will try anyway and come back to you..
Vaishali
Bek, glad you liked it. Good luck, and a very happy birthday to you. 🙂
Bek
Hej again 🙂
I have made this fabulous recipe and I can say I LOVED them, they are really great. I will try them again this saturday for my birthday celebration 😉 wish me luck.
Thanks for posting!!
Vaishali
Sejal, shortening's the same as vanaspati.
Sejal
what is vegetable shortening? i fear its one of those things that indians dont have access to! any alternatives to making vegan whipped cream?
Soumya
Hey Vaishali,
Made mango cake for my son's first month birtday. It was not only easy and delicious but also saved some chicks.
Thanks for the recipe. Love your website and will try out other recipes too.
Soumya
Shanta
I made this recipe as a cake for the family.... amazing! The texture was great and the mango flavor was fantastic. Thank you!
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Vaishali
Anonymous, I just improvised with a plastic ziploc bag with a corner cut off. Glad you liked it-- thanks for the feedback! 🙂