Recipe: Vegan Strawberry Cake Mix Conversation Hearts

Anyone who knows me knows of my undying love of strawberry cake mix. I know it’s mostly artificial flavors and colors and preservatives, but we all have our vices, and mine is cake mix that reminds me of Trix cereal. These hearts are decorated with a vegan white chocolate frosting, and of course, I went with some of my all-time favorite goth songs for inspiration. Check out my playlist below for song references and baking jams.

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 box strawberry cake mix

  • 1/3 cup melted refined coconut oil

  • 2 Tablespoons Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer mixed with 1/4 cup water

White Chocolate Frosting Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup vegan white chocolate chips, melted and slightly cooled

  • 1 cup or 2 sticks of non-dairy butter, room temperature

  • 2 cups confectioner’s sugar

Method

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, coconut oil, and egg replacer. Mix with a large wooden spoon or with your hands until a soft cookie dough forms. Wrap the dough in plastic and let it sit in the freezer for about fifteen minutes, allowing it to firm up.

  • Lightly dust a surface with flour and roll your dough out until it’s about 1/8 inch thick. Cut out heart shapes using either a cookie cutter or a paring knife (the number of cookies you get will depend on how big you make them- I made some hand-sized hearts and got ten cookies!)

  • Place the cut cookies on baking trays lined with parchment paper, with out an inch of space between them, and store the trays in your freezer while your oven preheats.

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. While the oven is preheating, begin melting your white chocolate chips for the frosting, either in a microwave or a double-boiler on the stove. Take the cookies out of the freezer and bake for 12-15 minutes.

  • While the cookies are baking, make the frosting! Whip the butter on high speed in an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, stopping occasionally to scrap the sides of the bowl. Add your melted and cooled white chocolate and keep mixing. Next, add the powdered sugar and mix one cup at a time.

  • Once the cookies have cooled completely, transfer the frosting to a piping bag with a narrow round tip, and write your favorite love song lyrics (or whatever else)! If you don’t have a piping bag, you can also use a ziploc bag and cut off a tiny piece of the corner to use for your writing.

    Enjoy!!!!

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