If you love cupcakes (and come on...who doesn't) then you must get your hands on a copy of Anna Belle's cookbook dedicated to all things cupcakes and frosting: Sweet Secrets!!! She uses gluten and grain free flours, many dairy free ingredients, and alternative sweeteners. Get this cookbook just in time for Valentine's Day!
A quote from Anna Bell's cookbook:
"This book has a plan for you, my dear reader. It will show you how simple changes to your pantry, from non-‘food’ ingredients to Real Whole Food ingredients, can transform your life! Your children, family and friends will ‘ooh’ and ‘aaah’ over these quick and simple recipes, making you feel happy and proud to serve such Delicious Nourishing Treats!"
Here is just a glimpse of some of the cupcakes you will find in her book:
Apple Spice
Banana Nut
Black Forest
Blueberry Muffin
Caramel Cheesecake
Carrot Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Chocolate Soufflé
Cinnamon Roll
Coconut Cream
Dark Chocolate
Devil’s Food
German Chocolate
Ginger Bread
Green Goddess
Check out this amazing, delicious and super
healthy recipe found on page 84:
German Chocolate Cupcakes
healthy recipe found on page 84:
German Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients for Cupcake:
-1 ¼ C Unsweetened, Coconut Flakes
-1/3 C Erythritol
-1/2 C Palm Sugar or 1/3 t Stevia
-2/3 C Chopped Yellow Sweet Potato or Yam
-1 C Packed Baby Spinach or Chopped Zucchini
-1 C Chopped Apple with peel
-1/3 C Cocoa Powder
-1 T Vanilla Extract
-1 t Almond Extract
-1/4 t Sea Salt
-2 LG Eggs and 2 LG Egg Whites
-(reserve yolks for Frosting)
-2 T Coconut Flour
-2 t Baking Powder
Ingredients for Coconut Pecan Frosting:
-2 Egg Yolks
-3/4 C Heavy Cream or Coconut/Nut Milk
-1/3 C Erythritol
-1/2 C Palm Sugar
-1 C Chopped Pecans
-3/4 C Unsweetened Coconut Flakes
-2 T Coconut Oil
-2 T Honey
How To:
1. Position your oven rack to lower portion of oven.
2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line Muffin Pan
with 12 Cupcake Paper Liners and set aside.
3. In your Food Processor fitted with the S Blade, add
the Almonds, Coconut Flakes and Sweetener.
4. Process for 2 or 3 minutes until it’s powdery.
5. Add the Sweet Potato or Yam, Spinach or Zucchini,
Apple, Cocoa Powder, Extracts, Salt and process until
smooth.
6. Add the Eggs and continue to process another
minute until smooth and well blended.
7. Combine the Coconut Flour with the Baking Powder
and add while the machine is running. Blend for a
minute, then let set another minute.
8. Open the lid and check the Batter. It should be the
consistency of thick pancake batter. If it is too thin,
add another Tablespoon of Coconut Flour and blend
again.
9. Using an Ice Cream Scoop, fill the Cupcake Liners
about 3/4 full.
10. Bake about 12 minutes at 375, then turn the temperature down to 325 and continue baking about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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found your site yesterday and made my first batch of gluten free banana muffins -they were yummy!!!
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ReplyDeleteVanilla is by far the best.
ReplyDeleteFor cupcakes, I like a good pure vanilla! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love pumpkin and cinnamon flavored, or gingerbread, or chocolate raspberry... so many to choose from!
ReplyDeleteVanilla cupcake, chocolate frosting = YUM!
ReplyDeleteVanilla cupcake and chocolate frosting = YUM!
ReplyDeleteGerman chocolate. Yum.
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