chocolate cupcakes

I gotta admit, I was shocked by these little puppies.  They are that good.  Really.  Even in all their gluten, casein, and sugar free, nutrient-dense glory.  Yes, I said nutrient-dense.  Linger on that one for a few moments....

This is about the time I would scroll down to the recipe and skip the anecdotal garbage.  Give me the goods!  The goods are gone.  Even the crumbs.

It was Saturday night and Taylor and I felt like cupcakes.  I had seen a few recipes on fellow blogs Elana's Pantry and The Spunky Coconut, and was planning on doing a quasi-rendition of what they had tried coupled with my own experimentation.  I found some ideas for cupcakes, but was having trouble finding a good icing recipe.  All of the ones I found were way too labor intensive and time consuming to hold the attention of a 9-year-old.

Then I remembered my cinnamon roll recipe.  The icing I made for those might work.  If it were thicker.  Yeah.  Why not?  And it did.  3 ingredients and 3 1/2 minutes later I had the best good-for-you icing I had ever tasted.  I can't help but think of the possibilities.  Gingerbread and shortbread cookies, birthday cakes, carrot cake, a la spoon....

choco-coco cupcakes
makes 12 cupcakes

1/4 cup coconut flour
1/4 cup raw cocoa powder
1/4 tsp celtic mineral sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
1/4 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup honey

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a small bowl, combine dry ingredients.

In a large bowl, whisk together wet ingredients.

Mix dry ingredients into wet.

Place cupcake liners in cupcake tin.  Fill cupcake liners half way.

Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool, ice and serve.  Store in a seal tight container on the counter for 2-3 days.

coconut cream icing
makes icing for 12 cupcakes

3 tbsp coconut butter
1 tbsp honey
3 tbsp water

Melt the coconut butter in a small pot over low heat. 

Add water a little at a time, whisking into the coconut butter until consistency is creamy and smooth.  Sweeten with a bit of honey. 

Consistency can be adjusted by adding more of any one ingredient.