Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes With Coconut Cream Filling (LOW CARB AND PALEO FRIENDLY)

By aerin8

http://holisticallyengineered.com/2013/07/paleo-chocolate-cupcakes.html

Ingredients

• Cupcakes
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup organic cocoa powder
• 4 large eggs (at room temperature)
• 1/4 cup coconut oil
• 1/3 cup powdered sweetener for low carb or honey for Paleo
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Pinch of Celtic sea salt
• Cream Filling (Optional)
• Cream from 1 13.5 oz can of full fat coconut milk (refrigerate the can overnight and scoop out the cream that rises to the top)
• 2 Tbsp powdered sweetener for low carb or honey for Paleo (sweeten to taste)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Chocolate Frosting
• 3 very ripe avocados
• 1/2 cup organic cocoa powder
• 2/3 cup powdered sweetener for low carb or honey for Paleo (sweeten to taste)
• 2 Tbsp grass fed butter or coconut oil, melted

Details

Servings 7
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from holisticallyengineered.com

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F
Combine the coconut flour, cocoa powder, sweetener, baking soda, and sea salt.
In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, coconut oil, and lemon juice.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix to combine.
Line a muffin tin with 7 cupcake liners.
Fill cupcake liners evenly with the batter and bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until cooked through.
Allow to cool before filling with cream and topping with the icing.
Once cool, cut a small whole in the middle of each cupcake, reserving the lid/top of the hole that was cut out.
Fill with cream (directions below) and place the lid/top back on the cupcake to cover the hole.
Pipe chocolate frosting (directions below) onto each cupcake and serve.

For the cream filling
Combine the coconut cream, sweetener, and vanilla and mix until smooth. Pipe the cream into the hole cut out of the cupcake.

For the chocolate frosting
Place the meat of the avocados in a mixer and mix until completely smooth.
Add the cocoa powder and sweetener and mix until thoroughly incorporated.
Add the butter and mix to combine.
Notes

Net Carb Count*: Chocolate Cupcakess: 7.14 net carbs for 1 cupcake (makes 7 cupcakes) or 5 net carbs without the cream filling

Total Carb Count for 1 cupcake: 17.04 carbs (add additional carbs for the sweetener used)

*Note carb counts are estimated based on the products I used. Check nutrition labels for accurate carb counts and gluten information.