Lactose free cup cakes HELP!

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Have been asked to make cakes for an important visitor to ds school tomorrow, and have now been told that they need to be lactose free. I have a cupboard full of basic cooking ingredients but no way of getting to a shop tonight, does anyone have a fool proof recipe they could suggest.

Do you have margarine (dairy free)? Nigella's always work for me

125g butter/marg
125g self raising flour
125g sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence

Bung everything in a blender and whizz. You can add (soya) milk to loosen mix a little if you want or to make mix go further.

Spoon into cupcake cases. Bake 12 mins approx in 180 deg (fan) oven. Slightly higher if non fan.

I always use oil instead of butter. Just google 'oil cake recipes'.

Mayo is great for lactose free stuff...obv check your labels, I have made my own though before which is not at all hard.

This recipe is very similar to the one I do

It makes 18-24 med/small muffiny affairs, or a dozen giant ones.

If you want vanilla ones, swap the cocoa powder for 2tbs ground almonds and 2 tbs flour....slightly heavier mix but still good.

Other than that oil is fine as mentioned....have a google.