Author Notes
Here is the recipe I did for Junior’s for some seriously good looking and delicious chocolate cupcakes that are, shock horror…healthy! They are perfect for kids and grown ups, you honestly can’t pick out that the icing is made of avocado or that there is even beetroot in the cake., I know this because I taste tested 3 people and none of them had a scooby! The avocado icing is also flipping incredible! —Flossie
Ingredients
- Cake mix
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1/3 cup
cocout oil
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3/4 cup
honey or agave
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1 cup
almond milk
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1 teaspoon
apple cider vinegar
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1 1/2 cups
spelt flour
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2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
cinnamon
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3/4 cup
cocoa powder
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2 cups
finely grated beetroot
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1/2 teaspoon
vanilla essence
- Frosting
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2
very ripe avocados
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1/2 cup
dark chocolate, melted
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2 tablespoons
coconut oil, melted
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2 tablespoons
cacao powder
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1/2 cup
agave or honey
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1 drop
vanilla essence
Directions
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Preheat your oven to 180?C.
Grease your cupcake tin or fill with cupcake cases. I use the mini silicone trays and grease them with a little sunflower oil and sprinkle with either cocoa powder or desiccated coconut.
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On a low heat melt the coconut oil and honey in a small pan. When its all melted add the almond milk and apple cider vinegar.
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Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins, they will have risen and should be springy to touch. To test you can poke with a skewer and check it comes out clean
Leave to cool and get started on the icing
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Melt the coconut oil and dark chocolate in the microwave until its runny.
Spoon the flesh out of the avocado into a blender along with all the other ingredients until super smooth. Then scrape it all out into a bowl and chill in the fridge for the minimum of half an hour.
Ice using a piping bag, if you have a fancy nozzle that will make them look great! Shake over some colourful sprinkles and party away!
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