Surprise M&M Chocolate Cupcakes (Video

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/4 tsp Baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar, packed
  • 1 batch Buttercream frosting
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Tapioca starch
  • 1/2 cup White rice flour
  • 1/2 tsp Xanthan gum

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 3 tbsp Coconut oil

• Dairy

  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 3/4 cup Buttermilk

• Desserts

  • 1 cup M&ms, mini

• Other

  • sprinkles (optional

Found on glutenfreewithlb.com

Description

Ingredients

• ½ c. cocoa powder, sifted
• ½ c. white rice flour
• ¼ c. tapioca starch
• ½ t. xanthan gum
• (Or ¾ c. all purpose GF/non-GF flour instead of the above 3 ingredients)
• ¼ t. baking powder
• ¾ t. baking soda
• ¼ t. salt
• ½ c. granulated sugar
• ½ c. brown sugar, packed
• 3 T. butter, melted
• 3 T. coconut oil, melted
• 2 eggs
• ¾ c. buttermilk
• 1 c. mini M&Ms
• 1 batch Buttercream Frosting
• Sprinkles (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium-sized bowl combine cocoa, rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, powder, soda and salt.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer place both sugar, butter and oil. Mix for 1 minute. Add in eggs and continue mixing for another 30 seconds.
• Alternatively add in dry ingredients and buttermilk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Line a regular-sized muffin tray with cupcake liners. Spray with non-stick cooking spray and fill to ¾ full.
• Bake in preheated oven for 18-22 minutes.
• Make sure cupcakes have cooled completely.
• Using a sharp knife, cut a circle about 1 ½ inches wide (leaving about ½ inch of cake around the cupcake) in the middle of the cupcake. Make sure not to go all of the way down to the bottom of the cupcake, but instead leave a base about ½ inch thick.
• Scoop out the center that you just cut and trim the top part of this piece to about ½ inch. Keep this piece for later.
• Fill the hole you created with mini M & Ms. Place the piece you trimmed from above on top of the M & Ms.
• Top cupcake with buttercream frosting and enjoy!
• If any of these directions are confusing to you, watch the video here to see how it’s done!

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