Tis the season for pumpkin. Let’s make these!
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Ingredients:
2 cups of flour of your choice. We use all-purpose organic.
1 1/2 cups of sugar
2 spoonfuls of chia or flax seed or both
1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice
I teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon sea salt
4 eggs or 8 egg whites or a combination
3/4 cup of coconut oil
1/2 carrot juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting:
3/4 cashew butter
1/2 cup cacao
1/2 coconut oil
1/2 cup maple butter or raw honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation:
‘In one bowl, combine flour, salt, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and flax and/or chia seed. In another bowl, thoroughly combine the remaining ingredients. Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients using a hand-held mixer. Place cupcake liners into 18 cupcake pan spots and pour batter equally into each. Bake 20 – 25 minutes. To make frosting, place all ingredients into a food processor or high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Refrigerate frosting for about 20 minutes to help it solidify, and then spread on cooled cupcakes. Because there is coconut oil in the frosting, if left out at room temperature too long, it will begin to melt. I suggest storing the frosted cupcakes in the refrigerator for up to one week. Remove them from refrigerator 15 minutes prior to serving so the frosting is perfect consistency.’
Sound yum?
Go for it. Try ’em!
We sure will!
:),
Lisa