Today is National Chocolate Cupcake Day! It was quite a challenge coming up with a Paleo way to celebrate this national food holiday but I think I did it and made this recipe so you use quality ingredients to make a special treat perfect for when your chocolate cravings hit!
Ingredients:
For the Cupcakes:
- 2 tbs. coconut flour
- 2 tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp. xanthan gum
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
For the Ganache:
- 1/2 cup enjoy life mini chocolate chips
- 1 tbs. coconut oil
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- In a bowl combine your dry ingredients for the cupcakes (flour, cocoa powder, xanthan gum, baking power, and baking soda)
- Next using a hand mixer mix in your oil, eggs, applesauce, and almond milk, blending well.
- Place your batter in muffin tins lined with cupcake liners and spritzed with olive oil.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While the cupcakes are baking, begin your frosting.
- Melt the chocolate chips and coconut oil in a microwave safe bowl on high for 30 seconds, stir and continue to heat in small increments until your chocolate is melted.
- Refrigerate your frosting 30 minutes to an hour.
- Blend the frosting with a hand mixed to create a ganache and top your cupcakes once cooled.
- Enjoy!
Makes 6 Cupcakes
What’s your favorite kind of cake??? Best cake or cupcake you’ve ever had?
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How did I not know today was National Cupcake Day? Geesh, where have I been!
My favorites are probably funfetti cake, and carrot!
Hahaha well now you know
I used to love funfetti before I was G free!
Mmm I bet that coconut oil and chocolate ganache tastes amazing!
My favourite kind of cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. I get my mom to make it for me for my birthday every year.
I’ve actually never had carrot cake! I think I need to try some!
Danielle, you are so creative! I am such a bad baker and I am really amazed what recipes you come up with every day. I tried the Pumpkin Protein Bars today though (I replaced chcocolate chips by sweet cranberries) – they got a little too dark, but yet still good!
Thanks Lucie! Glad to hear you liked the bars!
I think you do have to celebrate! How can you miss out on chocolate
these look delicious!
Thanks Jess!
Haha, National Cupcake day…i wonder if there’s a National Spinach Day? As always, you’re creations look dee-licious
Hmm I’ll have to look into that! We have to celebrate national spinach day
yummy yummy yummy! pin pin pin! I’m saying everything in threes today! (: have a great day! thanks for another great recipe!
Hahaha Thanks Danielle!
I’m so glad there’s a a national day for choc cupcakes!
Me too!
Happy cupcake day!! These look delicious!
Thanks Kim!
Well since it is National Cupcake day, I guess I will HAVE to make these later!
You have to
Oh boy, these look great Danielle! Ha ha, these food holidays are so odd! Who comes up with them?! I’d like to know.
Hahaha I know they are so random and there’s one for pretty much any food you can think of!
I may just need a cupcake today for national cupcake day. Awesome recipe… I want to try these tonight!
My fav cupcake is prob a chocolate pb one.. i’ve had one from CRUMBS before.. DELISH!
My sister is obsessed with Crumbs cupcakes! It was the only thing she liked in New York lol!
OMG..seriously? I need to try this!!!
Thanks for sharing
Glad you like the recipe Lea!
Oh man. I have a serious chocolate craving now. Pinning this recipe to try later (once my Whole30 is over and I can eat chocolate again).
Hahaha sorry for the temptation! When are you done with Whole30?
These look sooo good! Just pinned it!
Thank you Kasey!
Ohh my gosh, the best cupcake I have EVER had was when I went to Whole Foods in California last month. It was a chocolate vegan cupcake, and I STILL dream about it to this day. I was so blown away by EVERY aspect of this cupcake. Ohh man. I need one now!
that sounds amazing!
Yum! Chocolate cake is one of my favorites, but carrot cake is my top choice!
I’ve never tried carrot cake! I think I need cause everyone’s saying it’s their favorite!
I had no idea it was National Chocolate Cupcake day.. who comes up with these days anyway, I wonder. I need to get on that, more updated! haha how do you find out these fun days? Anyway, this cupcake is awesome, I’ve never baked anything paleo (as far as I know anyway) but yours look great! Love coconut flour.
I have no idea who comes up with these holidays! They’re always so random! Glad you liked the recipe!
Mmm! I was thinking about ordering GF cupcakes for my birthday, but I seriously might make these instead! Coconut oil ganache? Swoon. No bakery–no matter how amazing it is–uses coconut oil ganache.
My favorite cake has always been ice cream cake, but if I have to go ice cream-less, I’d choose banana cake with cream cheese frosting!
Hahaha if you do order GF cupcakes let me know from where? I have yet to find anywhere that has them!
I cant believe I missed it!! I will have to make up today or tomorrow
Definitely you must!
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