Key Ingredient

Add to Cookbook

Gluten-Free Cranberry Carrot Cider Cupcakes with Gingerbread Frosting

Gluten-Free Cranberry Carrot Cider Cupcakes with Gingerbread Frosting

Tastes like Thanksgiving and Christmas in a cupcake!

Ingredients

1 cup white rice flour
cup almond meal
¼ cup potato starch
¼ cup tapioca flour
¾ tsp xanthan gum
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
cups sugar
¼ cup canola oil
TBSP melted butter
TBSP real maple syrup
cup apple cider
1 small carrot, finely grated
cup cranberries
2 large eggs
½ tsp salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
Frosting:
TBSP softened (room temp.) butter
cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
¾ TBSP molasses
tsp ginger
¾ tsp cinnamon
pinch of all spice (about ⅙ tsp)
pinch of cloves
1-1¼ cups powdered sugar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350

Mix all of the flours in a large bowl with salt and pumpkin pie spice, xanthan gum, baking soda, and baking powder.

In another large bowl, scramble eggs, combine maple syrup, melted butter, canola oil, apple cider, and sugar. Add the grated carrot. Mix well.

Combine the wet ingredients by mixing them into the dry ingredients. Add the cranberries.

Bake for 20-23 minutes at 350

Don’t frost cupcakes until they are completely cooled; I let them cool over night.

Frosting Instructions:
Combine softened butter with dark brown sugar. Add all of the spices, then add the molasses. Use a fork or electric mixer (on low) to mix thoroughly; now add 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar and mix, continue to do this with the remaining 3/4 cups. When the cupcakes are completely cooled, you can frost them with a thin/medium layer of frosting.

Member options

By logging in, you can leave comments and rate this recipe.