Happy 2012!
Did you stay up ‘til midnight this year?
I had a really low-key Sunday to make up for a crazy New Year’s Eve the night before. Since our party wasn’t starting until ten, Emily and I offered to babysit the two sweetest children in the universe so their parents could go out for dinner.
Normally, I don’t like to babysit–and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done it since high school—but these girls are a joy to watch. It’s like hanging out with friends, and they love to bake and taste-test for me!
The last time I babysat, we made Fairy Dust Ice Cream.
Saturday, sprinkles took center stage again:
We “pretend” celebrated New Year’s at 8 o’clock. We blew paper horns, drank sparkling apple cider, and the girls ate their cupcakes:
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Single-Lady Funfetti Cupcake
(makes just one cupcake)
- 3 tbsp flour (30g) (See directions for flour notes)
- heaping 1/16th tsp salt
- 1tbsp applesauce, oil, pre-melted vegan butter, or a combo (Try coconut oil. I also like 13g sbl.)
- 1tbsp plus 1 tsp liquid (milk of choice, or water)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp sprinkles (or more or less, as desired)
- Sweetener (Try 1 tbsp sugar or 1 packet stevia. If you use liquid sweetener, cut back on the other liquid.)
Directions: Preheat the oven to 330 degrees. Mix the ingredients and pour into an oiled (or sprayed) muffin pan. Smooth top of batter. Cook for 12-15ish minutes. (Alternatively, you can cook this in a microwave.)
See the following for Calories and Nutrition Facts.
Notes on flour: I especially like the single-lady cupcakes with spelt flour. But you can use white flour, whole-wheat pastry, or even Arrowhead Mills gluten-free. (Also, if you’ve never done fat-free baking: subbing all the oil in a recipe for applesauce will give you a gummier result. Still yummy, but much denser than your traditional cupcake with oil.)
Questions of the Day:
This New Year’s Eve, did you…
- Stay up until midnight?
- Watch the ball drop in Times Square?
- Eat any lucky foods, such as lentils or greens? Or sprinkles. They’re lucky, right?
For more sprinkles:
Here’s a link to My Funfetti Recipes.
I did end up making a dessert for the New Year’s Eve party as well. That recipe will be tomorrow’s post… Hope you like cookie dough! 🙂
Of course sprinkes are lucky! Well, they should be anyway. That and chocolate. 😉
Excuse me, I must go make this cake now.
My brother will LOVE this. I think I’ll make us some tonight as a treat! 🙂 TOO CUTE. I love funfetti!
Oh what a FUN babysitter you are! These cupcakes look heavenly. Great job…on both counts. =)
cute cute cute AND CUTE!
This was one of the first New Year Eve’s that I didn’t stay up till at least midnight! I was in bed, fast asleep by 9pm! Oh well, I made up for it the next night by staying up too late 🙂
Sprinkles are always lucky…and fun!
hi katie, i love your cupcake recipes!! 🙂 in fact, i just made the chocolate cake for one! i was wondering if you have any recipes with coconut flour. i am a coconut lover/addict too! 😉 thanks!
The only one I have is my gluten-free breakfast pizza recipe. I need to experiment more with coconut flour!
can u do hot cocoa
Omigosh, Funfetti cupcakes/cake are my absolute favorite and making a one-serving one is perfect!! (Probably the only way to stop me from overeating the funfetti!) This New Years Eve I did stay up past midnight and went to a party with some of my girlfriends! It was great!
Wow, this was so good and satisfying. I also just used some canned frosting, but I think tomorrow I’ll make my own and make this again. This is the best vegan cake/cupcake I’ve yet to have.
Any chance you have a good vegan vanilla frosting recipe? Or better yet a single serving version?
I do! 🙂
https://lett-trim.today/2011/06/12/creamy-dreamy-frosting%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Or this one: https://lett-trim.today/2011/01/18/coconut-banana-butter/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
A friend just linked me to your site, and I’m in love!! I have a raging sweet tooth, so I’m glad to find a site devoted to recipes that will actually nourish me. 🙂 One question about this cupcake recipe: where are the instructions for the frosting?
Hi Faith! 🙂
The girls just used a frosting they had at their house. But if you’re looking for a good (and healthier) frosting, these are my two favorites:
https://lett-trim.today/2011/06/12/creamy-dreamy-frosting%3C/a%3E%3Cbr /> or
https://lett-trim.today/2011/01/18/coconut-banana-butter%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
This is a fabulous recipe! Thanks for posting it. I am on a low carb diet so I tweaked it a little to suit my specific diet, and got a fairly good result. Here are the substitutions I made:
1/4 c. soy flour (substituted for the regular flour for more protein and less carbs)
Torani sugar free vanilla syrup (2 tbsp) instead of the vanilla extract
safflower oil for the oil
1 tsp of sprinkles
(the rest of the recipe I followed exactly like you said to do).
The first one turned out harder like a cookie, so the next one I added in 1 tbsp extra water and it came out soft. I then melted some organic butter on top.
What is the recipe for the frosting?
Sorry- I see you already answered this!
I’m in heaven! I am a fiend for funfetti! So much so that I chose them as my celebratory dessert for Melissa, my blog partner, to bring me at the hospital after my daughter was born. Because I am a fiend, I consume far too many. We won’t talk numbers. Lets just say, a recipe for one is perfect for me! As long as I don’t double it…
This was delicious! I used Valentines sprinkles (pink, brown, and white jimmies and pink and white hearts) and it came out so cute! I used agave nectar instead of sugar and it came out perfectly in my toaster oven. I’m glad I have a six cupcake pan for just such an occasion 🙂
I just tried this! It’s delicious but I should have added the sprinkles last. They dyed the dough, making it look purple, haha. But they tasted great. I used vegetable oil because I couldn’t find my coconut oil. Perfect sweet treat for a Saturday night in. =)
do you have any healthier frosting recipes? (ones without cream cheese?)
Yes ma’am! 🙂
Maybe try the cashew butter frosting… or the vanilla-fudge frosting: https://lett-trim.today/chocolate-covered-recipes/nut-butters/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E