This recipe is: sugar free, high protein, eggless, gluten free, vegan!
Healthy Moist Chocolate Cupcakes (and Donuts!) with a Special Chocolate Frosting
Yield: 9 cupcakes + 6 donuts (or 15 of either or)
from desserts with benefits
Ingredients
Cupcakes/Donuts:
170g (1+1/4 cups) Sweet White Sorghum Flour
80g (1/2 cup) Corn Starch (preferably non-GMO)
60g (3/4 cup) Regular Cocoa Powder (unsweetened)
60g (1/2 cup) Oat Flour
2 tsp Xanthan Gum
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk (or "milk" of choice)
1 cup Prepared Coffee
62g (1/4 cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
56g (1/4 cup) Coconut Oil, melted
48g (1/4 cup) Granulated Erythritol (or granulated sweetener of choice)
32g (2 tbs) Roasted Almond Butter (or nut butter of choice)
2 tsp Stevia Extract
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 tbs Apple Cider Vinegar
Frosting:
189g (9 scoops) Chocolate Brown Rice Protein Powder (I used SunWarrior)
256g (1 cup + 2 tbs) Vanilla Amande Yogurt (other yogurts may work)
1 cup Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
Instructions
For the Cupcakes/Donuts:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a cupcake tin with 9 parchment paper liners (I used paper liners but because these cupcakes are low fat they stuck a little bit) and spray a 6-donut tin with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the sorghum flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, oat flour, xanthan gum, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl, stir together the almond milk, coffee, applesauce, coconut oil, erythritol, almond butter, stevia extract and vanilla extract. Microwave at 20-second intervals, stirring between each one, until coconut oil is melted.
Stir the apple cider vinegar into the wet ingredients. Pour over the dry ingredients and whisk the batter until everything is incorporated and mixture is even (batter should be somewhat thick, kind of like a mix of thick cupcake batter and thin muffin batter)
Scoop batter into the prepared tins and spread slightly to flatten the surface. Bake the cupcakes for ~21 minutes and the donuts for ~17 minutes.
Transfer the cupcakes/donuts to a wire cooling rack and let cool while you make the frosting.
For the Frosting:
Add the protein powder to a medium-sized bowl and top with the yogurt and almond milk.
Stir the mixture together (add any protein powder or milk if needed) and frost the cupcakes with an offset spatula.
Serve the cupcakes/donuts!