Birthday Cupcakes with Colorful Frosting

Delicious, IBD-friendly walnut cashew muffins made with whole ingredients. Gluten-free, dairy-free, and perfect for gut-friendly nutrition.

Prep:
20 minutes
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Cook:
40 minutes
24 muffins
Medium
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Birthday Cupcakes with natural colored frosting
Birthday Cupcakes with natural colored frosting

Ingredients

10 large eggs

Pinch of salt

2 cups cashew butter, room temperature

1 ¼ cup honey

1 tsp cinnamon

1 TBSP pure vanilla extract

2 cups ground walnuts (walnut flour)

1 ½ tsp baking soda

¾ cup cocoa butter melted

Colorful Frosting

ingredients

2 cups palm shortening

1 cup honey

½ cup honey lemon cream

for red color: 1-2 TBSP freshly squeezed beet juice

for green color: 1-2 TBSP freshly squeezed spinach leaves

10 large eggs

Pinch of salt

480 gram cashew butter, room temperature

425 gram honey

1 tsp (5 ml) cinnamon

1 TBSP(15 ml) pure vanilla extract

200 gram ground walnuts (walnut flour)

1 ½ tsp (7.5 ml) baking soda

150 gram cocoa butter melted

Colorful Frosting

ingredients

400 grams palm shortening

340 grams honey

170 grams honey lemon cream

for red color: 1-2 TBSP (15 - 30 ml) freshly squeezed beet juice

for green color: 1-2 TBSP (15 - 30 ml) freshly squeezed spinach leaves

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Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C) and line muffin pans with paper liners.
  2. In an electric mixer, combine eggs and salt. Beat very well on high speed for a few minutes, until light and fluffy.
  3. Reduce speed to low. Slowly add honey, cinnamon, and vanilla. Beat until well blended.
  4. Place cocoa butter int a glass measuring cup and place cup into a pot of boiling water until liquiefied.
  5. Add baking soda and ground walnuts and mix gently to combine, while pouring in melted cocoa butter.
  6. Pour batter into paper-lined muffin pans filling them ¾ full.
  7. Bake approximately 40 minutes. Muffins are done when they spring back when lightly touched with your fingertips.
  8. Cool. Keep as is or decorate with frosting.
  9. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator for a few days or in the freezer for 2 to 3 months.

Colorful Frosting

instructions

  1. Place the first three ingredients into a bowl and blend with an immersion blender or use a food processor with the fitted steel blade.
  2. Beat all ingredients until completely smooth and creamy, 3 -4 minutes
  3. Divide frosting in three parts and place each part in a separate bowl.
  4. For red or pink color add beet juice to one part and beat very well.
  5. For green color, add freshly squeezed spinach leave juice to one part and beat very well.
  6. Leave the third one as is.
  7. Place each cream into their own thick plastic bag, snip off a tiny tip of one corner with scissors, press firmly and decorate your (cup) cakes.

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Notes

This recipe was originally published in  
A Taste of Wellness
Used with permission from 

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