Vegan lemon curd cupcakes - Real Recipes from Mums

Beautiful light and fluffy cupcakes with a lemon filling. So good that you won’t know they are vegan!

Ingredients (makes 12 cupcakes)

1 1/4 cups Plain Flour
3/4 cup Caster Sugar
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
2/3 cup Almond Milk
1/4 cup Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Apple Cider Vinegar
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 cup Caster Sugar
2/3 cup Almond Milk
250 ml Lemon Juice
4 Tablespoons Corn Flour

Method

Make the cupcakes first. Preheat your oven to 160 degrees celsius fan-forced oven. Line a cupcake pan with 12 cases.
In a bowl mix plain flour, 3/4 cup caster sugar and baking powder together.
In another bowl mix 2/3 cup almond milk, olive oil, apple cider vinegar and vanilla extract together. Pour these ingredients into the dry and mix that together. Mix until the batter just comes together - don't overmix.
Evenly fill the cupcake cases. Bake 20 minutes until tops are lightly golden. Allow to cool.
Combine the remaining ingredients into a saucepan and whisk until mixture thickens. If too thick add a little more lemon juice.
When both cupcakes and curd are cool use a small sharp knife to hollow out each cupcake. Keep the piece you have removed and cut into two. Fill each hollow with curd and top with the little cake wings. Add a raspberry and a touch of icing sugar.

Notes

When I first started on my vegan journey the thing I struggled with most was vegan baking. To be completely honest I thought it sucked and I nicknamed my early creations vegan bricks. I simply could not get my head around how anything could taste as good without the eggs, milk, butter and cream. Eventually I discovered that baking could be just as light and just as decadent and appealing. These cupcakes are so versatile and so light and delicious. For an extra twist I have finished them with a lemon filling. As I am fond of saying - they are so good you would not even know they are vegan!

67 Comments

- - Frankiielot said
  - 13 Jul 2023
    8:46 pm
I didn’t know original lemon curd had animal products in it?!
But good to know there is a vegan version.

- - meedee said
  - 24 Nov 2021
    12:33 pm
I know i would be able to stop at just one

- - mom101628 said
  - 28 Jun 2020
    11:49 pm
These cupcakes look divine – who cares if they are vegan or not? Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. I’ll be making the lemon curd anyway.

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 10 Jun 2020
    4:48 pm
Looks like.one to keep.on hand for when the lemon tree goes nuts with lemons hehe

- - shanika said
  - 06 Jun 2020
    7:39 am
It looks yummy.

- - DaffyD said
  - 05 Jun 2020
    10:29 am
Looks good for the vegans

- - Ellen said
  - 04 Jun 2020
    9:25 am
Thanks for sharing.

- - rovermum said
  - 04 Jun 2020
    9:17 am
Ooh, I love a lemon curd treat and these look amazing. I’m not vegan, but I will devour these.

- - Dan1079 said
  - 04 Jun 2020
    5:58 am
Im not vegan but these sound so yummy

- - rnash02 said
  - 03 Jun 2020
    8:23 pm
These sound tasty

- - Jujubear79 said
  - 25 Sep 2019
    12:06 pm
Oh yum not a vegan.but would make this..
.and eat it..

- - happymum2018 said
  - 31 Aug 2019
    7:15 pm
Thanks s recipe looks great really good would be a lovely recipe to try

- - sparkle7 said
  - 28 Jul 2019
    9:45 am
These looks delish, I am interested in vegan food but I don’t think I could fully make the switch unless i didn’t really notice it was vegan.

- - mom112023 said
  - 30 Jun 2018
    11:19 pm
Amazing presentation. Thanks for the recipe.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 28 Nov 2017
    7:29 am
Yummy I love lemon curd

- - mom64736 said
  - 06 Oct 2017
    12:38 pm
lemon curd is one of my favourite things!

- - ella12 said
  - 26 Sep 2017
    3:56 pm
I love the illustration, such great presentation.

- - mom101628 said
  - 18 Sep 2017
    3:23 pm
Bet the school PC police wouldn’t let this go past their eagle eyes in a lunch box. You’d have to put the recipe in the school lunch box every time. And they’d still say there’s too much sugar!
- Ellen replied
  
  07 Jun 2020 , 8:37 am
  Too much sugar indeed !
- - tessie said
  - 18 Sep 2017
    1:54 pm
This looks very tasty but not for me I’m afraid.

- - mom241861 said
  - 14 Sep 2017
    6:08 pm
This recipe is perfect even if you are not a vegan. The ingredients are healthy and it taste Devine I think the almond milk made it even taste better.