This recipe will not produce dense, mounded cupcakes. The cupcake reminds me a bit of a TastyKake cupcake, it bakes flat topped (maybe with a small dimple) versus a muffin top and does not need a pile of icing, a thin coat will do. For a vegan recipe I’m rather pleased. Maybe it’s the Vanilla Porter I picked up at The Barley Mow Craft House that did the trick.