Red Velvet Cupcakes
Are you interested to celebrate Valentine’s Day with special desserts? Then enjoy these lovelycupcakes with a luscious cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 tbsp irganic buttery spread melted
- ½ tsp vanilla stevia extract
- 7 drops red gel food coloring
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 2 ounces organic buttery spread Frosted cupcakes can be stored in an airtight container in therefrigerator for up to 4 days.
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 15 drops vanilla stevia
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 ºF.
- Line 8 cups of a standard-sized muffin tinwith paper liners.
- For cupcakes: in a small bowl, mix togetherthe coconut flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another large bowl, add the sugar, eggs,egg whites, buttermilk, buttery spread, and stevia and with a hand blender mixon low speed until combined.
- Add the flour mixture and mix on low speeduntil just combined.
- Then mix on high speed for about 2 minutes.
- Add the food coloring and mix until wellcombined.
- Place the mixture intothe prepared muffin cups evenly.
- Bake for approximately 20minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes outclean.
- Remove the muffin tin from oven and placeonto a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Carefully invert the cupcakes onto a wirerack to cool completely before frosting.
- For frosting: in a bowl, add the cream cheeseand buttery spread and beat until fluffy.
- Slowly, add the powdered Sugar and beat untilfluffy.
- Add in stevia and mix until well combined.
- Spread frosting over cooled cupcakes andserve.
Nutrition
Calories: 220kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 5gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 139mgPotassium: 86mgFiber: 3gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 275IUCalcium: 40mgIron: 1mg
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