Gluten Free, Paleo Friendly, Delicious, Vanilla Cupcakes

I love to eat.  I really, really love to eat.  But sometimes, stuffing my face 15 hours out of the day with foods I shouldn't be eating comes with a price.  And that price is measured in inches.  Inches around my waist.  And sometimes in chins.  So to remedy this, I "get right" and switch to a gluten free or paleo diet.  It goes great with my CrossFit routine, but I have to say, sometimes, homegirl just wants to eat 1, 2, 13 cupcakes. 

So I dug around and found a few great recipes on gluten free, paleo friendly vanilla cupcakes. This here is my ultimate favorite and can be made with one of two frostings; a fruit preserve or a decadent chocolate frosting!

Step 1 Ingredients

Cupcake:
1/2 cup sifted coconut flour
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
6 eggs
1/2 cup of grapeseed oil  (you can also use coconut oil if its virgin)
1/2 cup of agave nectar (you can also substitute with honey)
1tbs vanilla extract

Chocolate Frosting:
1 cup of dark chocolate.  I tried to use 75% cacao or higher, but only had this 60% one laying around, so I used that
1/2 cup grapeseed oil
2 tbs agave nectar
1 tbs vanilla extract
pinch sea salt

Comments

[WearJDV]

These look great! Thanks

[annahowardshaw]

I'm going to try these this weekend! Just to double check...is it really just 1/2 cup coconut flour? That seems low given the amount of wet ingredients, but would be great since coconut flour is more expensive. Thanks!

[angelabchua]

Yup! Only 1/2 cup of coconut flour.

[flyingfox567]

this is cool, im so going to make these and its perfect cuz i cant have gluten

[frenzy]

He liked um:

[angelabchua]

he went from sad keanu, to hungry keanu, to happy keanu.

[rachl009]

these look awesome! how many bars (or total oz) of the ghirardelli chocolate did you use for 1 cup?

[angelabchua]

I used the chocolate bar in the photo which is a 4oz bar, and I used the whole thing. It came out to roughly a cup

[zazenergy]

Wow! These look delicious. I don't have any coconut flour on hand -- do you think I could also try almond flour?

[angelabchua]

Totally. I bet you could also go with almond extract for a nutty flavored cupcake!