Request: Gluten Free, Vegan Cupcake Frosting Recipes?

[dray]

Anyone have any tried-and-true gluten free/vegan frosting recipes for cupcakes? I'd like to make some cupcakes for my coworkers to celebrate a semi-fancy engagement. I don't often bake, but frosting sans-dairy (and eggs? It's been years) has always been a bug-bear. Anything you've tried with substitutes for butter that isn't overwhelmingly coconut-oil flavoured would be helpful.

Thanks!

Comments

[kelkyag]

It's not frosting, but I've gotten respectable ganache-like results just melting chocolate chips (or your prefered mix of chocolate and sugar here) with some almond milk & dipping the tops of the cupcakes in that. That'd also pair with harmonic_tabby's suggestion of further decorating with nuts, or candied fruit or ginger, or mint leaves, or fresh or candied edible flowers, or ...