Peanut Butter Cup^2cakes

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Vegan Gluten-free Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients

• 1 ⅔ c coconut-almond milk
• 1 T apple cider vinegar
• ½ c sunflower or coconut oil
• 1 ¼ c organic evaporated cane juice
• 1 T vanilla extract
• ¼ t almond extract
• ½ c tapioca flour
• 3 T ground flax seeds (I use a coffee grinder)
• ½ c almond flour
• ½ c rice flour
• ½ c quinoa flour
• ⅓ c fava-chickpea flour
• ½ c cocoa powder
• ½ T baking powder
• 1 t baking soda

Vegan Gluten-free Chocolate Cupcake Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°.

Mix all the wet ingredients together (including sugar).

Sift the dry ingredients together.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet, mixing well.

Fill the cupcake papers 80% full. This should make around 15 cupcakes (12 to take to the party and 3 to keep for yourself–oink oink).

Bake the cupcake for 21-24 minutes or until you insert a toothpick into the center and it comes out clean.

Peanut Butter filling/frosting Ingredients

• ½ cup vegan butter or margarine (if you avoid soy, get the soy-free earth balance; otherwise, get the organic earth balance)*
• ½ cup spectrum palm shortening*
• ½ cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons molasses
• ⅛ cup non-dairy milk (you may not need it all, but have it ready, just in case)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups organic powdered sugar*

Peanut Butter filling/frosting Directions

Whisk the spectrum sustainable organic palm shortening , vegan butter, peanut butter, molasses, and vanilla together using a stand mixer or a handheld electric mixer.

Sift in powdered sugar one cup at a time.

Pipe icing into the center of the cupcakes as well as on top of the cupcakes.

Garnish with drizzled chocolate sauce and bite-sized peanut butter cups*.

*Peanut Butter cups are super easy to make if you have silicone molds, vegan chocolate chips , and peanut butter. Or you can follow this recipe I have for making them. Here’s what they looked like when they came out of the freezer.

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* I use mostly organic ingredients when I cook, but I realize that not everyone has the disposable income to purchase all organic ingredients. Therefore, I only specify organic on the ingredients that really matter - when buying the organic version is the only way to ensure that the item is vegan.