Vanilla Pistachio Cupcakes!

I made cupcakes today! It was fun. I think they're my first batch ever. And from scratch! And vegan! I bought this book 2 years ago because I was enticed by the decorative status of these cupcakes. I haven't had a chance to try any of the recipes until today :D

The recipe I followed was for Rosewater Pistachio Cupcakes, but I couldn't find any rosewater, so I made Vanilla Pistachio Cupcakes instead! haha I was careful not to mess anything else up, so it took me a pretty long time to get things finished. My oven was being a poop - it didn't preheat as high as it should've. Good thing I had an oven thermometer inside!

Cupcakes cooling on the rack

Army of cupcakes! Out of the pan and ready to be frosted.

My frosting kinda failed. I was going to make some nice swirly stuff to top off the cupcakes, but it was too liquidy so it kinda just drooped on my cupcakes. I added more powdered sugar to thicken it. It helped but not good enough, so I decided to fully frost half and single drop the others. And then I topped it off with some crushed pistachios. Mmm.

Frosted and waiting to be eaten

They tasted pretty good. Really moist and not too sweet. You can't really tell that they're vegan, or I can't at least. Baking is fun. I wanna make more! Vegan cupcakes are win :)