While many people today bought the supermarkets empty because of the corona virus, I stayed relaxed at home and turned to my favorite activity - baking.
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A new recipe for the most moist, fluffy and light as air Vanilla Sponge Cake you will ever try, soaked with coffee infused simple syrup and topped with 3 different icings.

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### Ingredients:
* 250 g butter vegan
* 250 g Solid Vegetable Shortening
* 300 g powdered sugar
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
* 5 drops of butter flavor
* pinch of salt
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##### The quantity is enough to fill a cake of medium size, the rest, which I did not need, I have frozen!
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### Preparation
Butter and shortening are warm at room temperature, fluffy in the food processor and the paddle attachment for about 3 minutes. Switch off the device, clean the edge with a spatula, add salt and the flavors and mix briefly. Add the sifted powdered sugar all at once and beat for another 3 minutes until frothy.

### Remarks
This vegan butter cream can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, the cream lasts up to 4 weeks in the refrigerator and approx. 6 months in the freezer.
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This is the best vegan butter cream I've eaten so far!

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### Ingredients for the cupcakes
* 2 tablespoons (16g) of ground flaxseed
* 75 ml of hot water
* 15 ml of white vinegar
* 120 ml soy milk
* 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
* 150 g flour
* 150 g granulated sugar
* 3 g baking powder
* 3 g salt
* 84 g soft, vegan butter
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This amount is enough for 9 cupcakes!

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### For the syrup
* 80 ml water
* 40 g granulated sugar
* 1½ tablespoons instant coffee granules
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For the syrup, bring the water and sugar to the boil and let them boil for about 2 minutes. Take off the stove and add the instant coffee and let it cool.

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### Preparation of cupcakes
* Mix the linseed with the hot water and let it stand for about 5 minutes to thicken.
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* Add the vinegar to the soy milk and stir to become sour.
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* Sieve the flour with the baking powder and salt.
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* Mix the soft butter with the sugar until it is light and fluffy. This can take about 3-5 minutes at medium to high speed.
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* Gradually add the thickened flaxseed paste at medium speed. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl to process the mass evenly, and now add the vanilla extract.
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* Pour about ⅓ of the flour into the butter mixture and add half of the sour milk.
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* Add another third of the flour and the remaining sour milk and stir well. Add the last amount of flour and stir well.
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Line a cupcake tin with 9 paper branches and spread the dough in it. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C for 15 minutes, then turn the oven back to 160 ° C and bake for another 10 minutes (stick test).

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* As soon as the cupcakes and the coffee syrup have cooled, they are brushed with the cold coffee.
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* Take 300 g of the butter cream, stir 100 g with 4 KL coffee syrup, mix 100 g with 50 g melted dark chocolate and leave 100 g natural.
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* Place the three types of buttercream side by side on a transparent film, roll up the film and place in a piping bag with a large star nozzle. The tip of the cling film pulling the star grommet and cutting it off. Spray the cream on the cupkaces.

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Greetings from Austria and take care of yourselves 🤗

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