Paleo Chocolate Cupcakes

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Produce

  • 3 Avocados, very ripe

• Refrigerated

  • 4 Eggs, large

• Condiments

  • 1 tsp Lemon juice
  • 1 1/8 cup Sweetener for low carb or honey, powdered

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 Pinch Celtic sea salt
  • 3/4 cup Cocoa powder, organic
  • 1/4 cup Coconut flour
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 2 tbsp Butter or coconut oil, grass Fed
  • 1/4 cup Coconut oil

• Dairy

  • 1 Cream from

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Description

Ingredients

• 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 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
• 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

Directions

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