Anyone up for celebrating… anything?! These deliciously moist vanilla cupcakes with incredibly decadent chocolate frosting are perfect for any occasion or of course, just because… Cupcakes are very simple to make and take so little time in the oven to bake– they’re easy to involve the kiddos, and so fun to lick the frosting off the spoon (come on! we all do it!!!). Check out this fantastic recipe below. For more fun ways to use Simply Paleo Cake Mix, check out my other simple recipes!
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Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 bag Simply Paleo Cake Mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup Dairy-free milk, unsweetened
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/3 cup apple sauce or 1 mashed banana
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting Ingredients
- 1/2 pound maple cream
- 1 cup organic palm oil shortening
- 1/2 cup raw cocao powder unsweetened
- 1 tbs Dairy-free milk, unsweetened
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients
Frosting Ingredients
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease muffin tin or insert baking cups.
- In large bowl or electric mixer bowl, add all dry ingredients and mix well.
- In separate bowl, add all liquid ingredients and mix well with whisk.
- Add liquid mixture into dry mix and mix well until fully incorporated and smooth consistency.
- Use scooper to scoop batter into muffin tin.
- Bake for 23-25 minutes until golden brown on top and cake tester comes out clean.
- Let cool in tin and then on cooling rack completely before frosting.
- Once cupcakes are cooled, make frosting by adding all frosting ingredients into cleaned electric mixer bowl or using handheld electric mixer in large bowl and mix well until smooth consistency. If frosting is too thin, add more cocao powder, 1 tbs at a time. If frosting is too thick, add more hemp milk, 1 tbs at a time.
- Frost cupcakes with special frosting spatula or pipe from bag, or just a regular old butter knife. Be sure not to frost cupcakes until they are completely cooled or else frosting will melt and slide off cupcakes!
- Enjoy!!!
Recipe Notes
- You can use the same cupcake recipe for a cake as well! Just double the ingredients to make more batter and increase the cooking time.
- If you want the cupcakes or cake to be chocolate, sift 1/3 cup cocoa powder into the dry ingredients of the cake batter mixture and increase milk and maple syrup to 3/4 cup each in liquid mixture.
- Check out my blog for other variations on what to make using the Simply Paleo Cake Mix!