This recipe was inspired by a recipe from “Lady Behind the Curtain.” I altered it to make a gluten and dairy free version. It turned out great! If you love cinnamon, then you’ll especially enjoy this one.
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 4 eggs room temp
- 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
- 3 Tbsp coconut milk full fat
- ½ Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar or pure maple sugar
- ½ cup + 1 Tbsp coconut flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
For Cinnamon Sugar Crunchy Topping:
- 3 TBS coconut oil
- 1/4 cup granulated cane sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups powdered cane sugar or powdered Monkfruit sweetener
- 1/3 cup melted coconut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1- 2 Tbs vegan milk (I used almond)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Cupcake Directions:
- Pre-heat oven 350 degrees F and line a muffin/cupcake pan with parchment liners.
- Using a food processor or hand held mixer blend the eggs, coconut oil, coconut milk, lemon juice, vanilla, maple syrup and sugar together until very smooth.
- Add the dry ingredients gradually to the wet and mix until well combined.
- If batter is too runny, add in 1 more Tbsp of coconut flour. If batter is too thick add in 1 tsp of water or coconut milk.
- Pour batter into pre-lined baking dish. If you fill the parchment liners over ¾ of the way you should get around 8 cupcakes. If you fill only ½ to ¾ of the way you’ll get 12-14 cupcakes.
- Bake for 17-20 minutes until tops are domed and toothpick inserted in the center of cupcake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool a few minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Cinnamon Sugar Crunch: melt coconut oil in a small sauce pan and stir in sugar and cinnamon.
- Once cupcakes are cooled to room temp, dip them into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Optional- decorate with frosting.
- Store cupcakes in fridge or freezer.
Frosting Directions:
- Using a food processor blend all ingredients together.
- If too thick, add more milk. If too thin add more sugar.
Don’t feel like making your frosting? Check out Simple Mills Vanilla & Chocolate frosting! You can purchase them both from Whole Foods, Thrive Market or Vitacost.
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