Lemon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

April 11, 2013 by Leanne Vogel July 6, 2017

Moist and delicious grain-free lemon cupcakes with dairy-free buttercream frosting. It doesn’t get better than this, ladies!

Ingredients

Dry

• 11 tablespoons chickpea flour
• 3 tablespoons lucuma powder
• 1 teaspoon Ener-G gluten-free baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Ener-G gluten-free baking soda
• pinch sea salt

Wet

• 7 tablespoons coconut nectar
• 3 tablespoons non-dairy milk
• 2 tablespoons egg whites
• 2 tablespoons grape seed oil
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
• Zest from ½ large lemon
• ¼ cup boiling water

Topped with

• My dairy-free buttercream frosting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and line a 6 cup muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
2. Add dry ingredients to a medium-sized bowl. Combine with a whisk.
3. In the same bowl, add wet ingredients: coconut nectar, milk, egg whites, oil, extracts and zest.
4. Mix thoroughly, then add boiling water. Stir completely.
5. Let sit for 1 minute, then pour into prepared paper liners.
6. Bake in preheated oven for 23-25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. I found that the toothpick held a bit of gumminess due to using chickpea flour but left to cool, they firmed up perfectly to the consistency of a real, gluten-packed cupcake.
7. Remove from the oven, and immediately take out of muffin tin. Place on a cooling rack to cool completely, about 1 hour, before adding frosting.

Notes

Vegan and egg-free – I’m sure that you could try making this recipe vegan or egg-free by replacing the egg whites with 2 teaspoons of ground flax seed and 4 teaspoons of warm water. Let sit for 5 minutes, then use in recipe. I have not tested this, but it’s where I would start. That, or an equal amount of apple sauce or banana puree.
Baking soda and baking powder – if you are going to use conventional baking powder or baking soda (not the Ener-G brand), reduce the measurements by half of what it calls for in my recipe.
Lucuma powder – I’m sure that this can be replaced with an equal amount of protein powder, banana powder or any other super food powder.

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