Red Velvet Cupcakes

Cupcakes!

Who doesn’t love them?

So why not bake treats that taste naughty, but really aren’t?!

In other words, “have your cake and eat it too”?

I’m ALL about this!

These cupcakes are healthy enough to enjoy as a regular snack… yes, you read that right!

You can feel confident about consuming them on a sugar-free, gluten-free, lower-carb diet - like in all my meal plans.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Serves: 12

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

• 1/3 cup cream

• 1 tsp white vinegar

• 1 ½ cups almond meal

• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1/3 cup cocoa powder

• 30 g butter, softened

• 1/3 cup granulated monk fruit

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 3 tsp red food colouring

For the Icing:

• 125 g butter, softened

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 4 tsp powdered monk fruit

• 125 g cream cheese, softened
  

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Mix together the cream & vinegar in a jug. Set aside for a few minutes.

3. Sift almond meal, baking powder, and cocoa powder in a bowl and set aside.

4. Cream together 30 g butter, granulated monk fruit, and vanilla in a large bowl.

5. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

6. Add cream mixture, red food colouring, and mix everything together well.

7. Add in your dry ingredients and again, mix everything together.

8. Line a 12 cup muffin/cupcake pan with patty pans.

9. Divide batter between patty pans and bake for 20–25 minutes. Cupcakes are ready when a skewer inserted into the centre of one cupcake come out cleanly.

10. Remove from oven and leave in the muffin pan until completely cooled.

11. To make the icing: Place butter, vanilla, powdered monk fruit, and cream cheese a bowl and beat until pale and creamy, scraping down the sides occasionally.

12. Spread icing on top of the cooled cakes and enjoy!

Macros / serve (1 cupcake with icing):

Calories: 253 kcal

Protein: 6 g

Fat: 24 g

Net Carbs: 2 g

Fibre: 2 g

I hope you love them! When you make them, please share them on your Instagram and tag me (@health_with_bec) so that I can see! I love it so much and it helps other women find my guilt free recipes!

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