I Can’t Believe These Are Actually A Healthy Snack
These cupcakes take several things that I absolutely love and mash them all together into one fantastic recipe. To start, you’ll be taking the coconut flour and sifting it together with your cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and baking soda. The three spices used add an immense amount of slightly spicy flavor to the cupcakes, and they are all exceptionally healthy as well.
Cinnamon contains numerous antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Nutmeg is also an excellent source of disease fighting antioxidants. Last but not least, ginger is yet another nutritional powerhouse that has been used for thousands of years as both a culinary spice and as a natural medicinal treatment for everything from the common cold to cancer. (1)
After mixing your flour and spices, turn your attention towards mixing your eggs and maple syrup together until the mixture is pale and fluffy. I love using maple syrup in my paleo baking recipes because it’s such a fantastic all natural sweetener. When you use raw organic maple syrup, you can rest assured that it hasn’t been processed and it’s also quite low on the glycemic index, unlike other kinds of sweeteners. It also contains tons of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that have been shown to inhibit the growth of certain types of cancer cells. (2)
The next step is to gradually add in your almond milk, apple cider vinegar, and pumpkin puree. If you’re using store bought pumpkin puree, make sure that it’s 100% organic. I personally like to make my own at home so I can be absolutely sure there’s no hidden additives. The puree helps to give your cupcakes their delicious spicy pumpkin flavor while also adding in even more antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
The Maple Syrup Frosting
As your cupcakes are baking, you can prepare what is perhaps the best part of this whole recipe — the maple syrup frosting. You’ll only need four ingredients to make it, and it’s incredibly simple to prepare. Obviously, the first thing you’ll need is the maple syrup. Other than that, you’ll require cashew nuts that have been soaked overnight, more coconut flour, and some full fat coconut milk. Simply blend everything together and then pipe the frosting over your cupcakes.
The maple syrup frosting is really the key thing that takes this recipe to the next level. The cupcakes can be safely stored in the refrigerator until they are ready to be served as well. It makes them the perfect grab-and-go paleo snack whenever you’re craving something sweet. Best of all? They’re incredibly healthy so you can satisfy your sweet tooth in a completely guilt free way.
P.S. – If this cupcake recipe isn’t enough to satisfy your sweet tooth, we’ve got a lot more where this came from. Here’s some of my personal favorite paleo cupcake recipes:
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup homemade or canned organic pumpkin puree, well drained
- 1 tbsp almond milk
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- For the frosting
- 1 can (14 oz) full fat coconut milk, chilled overnight
- 1 cup cashew nuts, soaked overnight
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
Directions
- To make the cupcakes, preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper cups. Set aside.
- In a bowl sift together the coconut flour, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ground ginger and baking soda and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the eggs and maple syrup on medium speed until pale and fluffy.
- Add in the pumpkin puree, almond milk and apple cider vinegar and beat until well combined.
- Add in the coconut flour mixture and mix to combine.
- Let the batter sit for 5-10 minutes so it can thicken.
- Spoon the batter into the paper liners.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- To make the frosting, open the chilled can of full fat coconut milk and scoop the solid coconut cream.
- Place the coconut cream, cashew nuts, coconut flour and maple syrup in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pipe the frosting over the cupcakes and serve or refrigerate until ready to serve.
These were excellent! I subbed in pumpkin pie spice bc that’s what I had and doubled the recipe. I used vegan cream cheese instead of cashews with a nut allergy in the family. Very moist and tasty