My 166th recipe, "Eggless Mango Cupcakes with Mango Cream Cheese Frosting", a healthy and super soft cupcake. Since mangoes are my No. 1 favorite fruit, I purchased a big box of them last week, while they are in peak season. After making a few recipes with them and enjoying a few of them as it is, I felt it would not be fair to not make a cupcake out of those juicy mangoes. While I love cupcake, I usually get only banana nut and choco chip varieties at my local super market. That was the very reason why I started baking muffins and cupcakes at home, so that I can explore more interesting flavors like the orange chocochip, carrot, etc. I usually make use of all purpose flour while making cupcakes. But this time around I wanted to make it more healthier by using whole wheat flour instead. The end result was a healthy and spongy cupcake which is rich in mango flavor. And cardamom was the perfect flavoring for the cupcake and I loved it so much. These eggless mango cupcakes turned out so soft that no one would believe that they were made without any eggs 😉
Eggless Mango Cupcake
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour - ¾ Cup
- Baking powder - 1 tsp
- Baking soda - ½ tsp
- Salt - ¼ tsp
- Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp
Wet Ingredients
- Mango puree - ¾ Cup
- Melted Butter - 3 Tbsp
- Sugar - ⅓ Cup
- Vanilla - ½ tsp
Frosting
- Cream Cheese - 4 Oz or Half packet Softened, room temperature
- Mango puree - 1 to 2 Tbsp as per taste
- Butter - 1 Tbsp Softened, room temperature
- Powdered Sugar - ½ tsp Optional - per your taste preference
Instructions
- First add all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combine well.
- Similarly, add all the wet ingredients into another mixing bowl. Beat using a hand whisk or fork until combined well.
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Transfer the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients or vice versa and fold gently until combined.
- Line or grease a cupcake pan and pour the batter into the holes about ¾ full. Bake for about 25-30 mins, until the cupcakes are fully done. A toothpick inserted into the middle should come out clean. Remove from the oven and bring them to room temperature.
- Now for the frosting, add the cream cheese, mango puree and butter to a bowl. Whisk until soft and fluffy.
- Spoon the frosting on top of the cupcakes or use a ziplock bag to squeeze it over the cupcakes and Enjoy.
Notes | FAQ
- Adding 1 Tbsp mango puree in frosting will give a thick frosting with a mild mango flavor. Adding 2 Tbsp mango puree will give a thinner frosting with a strong mango flavor. Add as per your preference.
- You can use mango puree from a can. But if you like to use fresh mangoes, remove the skin and seed of the mangoes and then chop up the pulp of the mango. Then use a mixie/blender to grind it into a smooth paste. Make sure that there are no lumps.
- Do not beat while mixing the wet and dry ingredients. Fold it gently.
- You can also use All purpose flour instead of whole wheat flour.
- The cupcake itself is vegan if using vegan butter or oil, however the frosting is not vegan. Vegans can use a Vegan frosting or skip it. Adapted from Food Magazine
Mansi Shah says
HI do we use granulated sugar or powdered sugar for the cake?
revifood says
Hi Mansi, For the cake, it is granulated sugar. For the topping, it is powdered sugar.
TheoDORA's Kitchen Diaries says
Such an unexpected cupcake flavor :-). Great!
revifood says
Thanks TheoDORA's Kitchen Diaries 🙂
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
I thought I had tried ever cupcake flavour ever available - but mango is something I'm yet to discover! You definitely have got me curious to know what these taste like.. but they sure look incredible.
revifood says
Thanks Thalia 🙂