Chocolaty PALEO Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate cupcakes with zero guilt?
Yes, please…
These delightful treats are grain free and are sweetened with honey and real vanilla extract.
Though you are using coconut flour and coconut oil, there is very little coconut flavor detected in these little cakes. They come across as rich and chocolately in flavor and will surely meet the approval of your family and friends.
Ingredients:
Cake -
1/2 C coconut flour
1/2 C cocoa powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
8 eggs
1/2 C coconut oil melted
2/3 C honey
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Ganache -
1 C high quality chocolate (chopped up)
1.5 tbs grass fed butter
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill your cupcake pan with 12 liners and preheat the oven to 350 degrees..
In a medium sized bowl, blend all of your dry ingredients and set them aside. In a large bowl, combine your coconut oil, honey & vanilla. Add your pile of eggs, one at a time (coconut flour absorbs the moisture out of your batter, like a vacuum. Eggs will help to retain the moisture in your cake) Now, add it all together and mix it up, using a wire whisk, until you've removed any lumps and it's nice and creamy.
Spoon your batter into the cupcake pan and place it in the oven...
They should bake for about 15 minutes but every oven is different. I like to use the finger test.. Press lightly on the center of the cake. If you don't lose your finger in the cupcake and it bounces back, you're good to go.
Next, prepare your ganache.. Simply melt the chocolate chunks and butter in the microwave for 20 or so seconds - whisk together and spoon onto the tops of the cakes. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.