Milk Chocolate Cupcakes alongside Chocolate Agave Frosting (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

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Milk Chocolate Cupcakes

These cupcakes are perfect for a child’s birthday political party or a exceptional occasion. They convey a simple, mild chocolate season in addition to peachy texture that all children volition love, gluten-free or not. I prefer the neutral season of grapeseed petroleum inwards these cupcakes. Coconut petroleum industrial plant likewise but volition plow over the cupcakes a slight kokosnoot flavor. Frost with the Chocolate Agave frosting recipe below. You tin easily cutting the recipe inwards one-half to brand nine cupcakes if you lot don't demand all 18. If you lot are curious virtually roughly of the products nosotros role thence delight take in the Links To Products We Use post for to a greater extent than data in addition to of course of didactics the links.

Yield: eighteen cupcakes

2 cups sorghum flour
½ loving cup tapioca flour
½ loving cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon xanthan paste
½ teaspoon ocean salt
⅔ loving cup melted virgin kokosnoot petroleum or grapeseed oil
1 ⅓ cups Sucanat or kokosnoot sugar
2 cups non-dairy milk (rice milk or almond milk)
4 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond flavoring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tins with eighteen newspaper muffin cups (I role rock muffin pans).

In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, xanthan gum, baking soda, in addition to ocean salt.

In a split upwardly bowl whisk together the oil, sugar, milk, vanilla, in addition to almond flavoring.

Add the moisture ingredients to the dry out in addition to whisk together until the batter thickens in addition to is real smooth. Batter volition move sparse at first, don’t worry.

Fill prepared muffin cups virtually ¾ full. Bake for virtually 25 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack earlier frosting. Source: www.NourishingMeals.com.

Chocolate Agave Frosting

This frosting has the perfect amount of sweetness with a mild chocolate flavor. It is luscious in addition to fluffy, only perfect for frosting your favorite layered cake or cupcakes! For frosting a dozen cupcakes, brand a ½ batch of this recipe.

2 cups organic palm shortening
¾ loving cup cocoa powder
¼ loving cup arrowroot powder
1 loving cup agave nectar
4 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon almond flavoring (optional)
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Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl in addition to crunch with an electrical until lite in addition to fluffy. Spread onto cooled cupcakes. Source: www.NourishingMeals.com.

Notes: Cupcakes tin move frozen earlier adding the frosting.

You mightiness also similar my recipe for Vanilla Frosting (vegan, soy-free, sugar-free). It tin move colored with a pocket-size amount of beet juice to create a lovely pink-colored frosting.

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Monday Dec 7th: Baked Desserts , Alison at The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen!

Tuesday Dec 8th: Frozen or Chilled Desserts , Shirley at Gluten-Free Organics!