I received Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World for my birthday back in October but aside from my usual vegan chocolate cupcake/vanilla frosting recipe, I haven't much felt like undertaking any sort of cupcake from scratch these past few months. It seems likely then, that earlier this week I suddenly felt compelled to make cupcakes from scratch. I decided on the Vanilla and Chocolate Marble Cupcakes, did a small amount of math, and made a half a batch of them.

The recipe calls for both vanilla and almond extract, but I felt these were almost overly almond-flavored, so I may omit the almond extract next time (or use less of it). Otherwise, the cupcake was moist and not overly dense (I replaced the soy milk with rice milk, which makes for a lighter cupcake apparently). I topped these with store-bought chocolate icing and finished them off with colorful dinosaur sprinkles, for more cupcake-eating-fun!

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