Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
This recipe uses a standard sized muffin tin. If you use one that is larger or smaller, adjust your cooking time accordingly. The minis pictured take around 12 minutes. Check them at 10 minutes. When a toothpick comes out clean, they are done.
You do not taste the coffee in this recipe. It just makes the chocolate taste more chocolaty... That is always good, right?!
Servings: 24 muffins
Ingredients
- 3 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 3/4 cup coconut oil, warmed to liquid
- 1/2 cup Greek Yogurt, Plain I have used sour cream in a pinch and it works well too!
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 tbsp strongly brewed coffee
- 1 Buttercream Frosting
- 1-2 small containers Fresh Raspberries I always serve extra raspberries with the cupcakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly oil muffin pans or line with paper liners.
- Use a whisk to combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Use whisk to combine all wet ingredients in a separate mixing bowl and whisk until ingredients emulsify and become uniform. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.
- Spoon batter into muffin pan until cups are 2/3 of the way full.
- Cook muffins for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the center cleanly. Remove muffins from the oven and allow them to cool completely. If you plan to freeze half of your muffins, put them in a freezer safe container or freezer bag and move them to the freezer (make sure they are completely cool!)
- While muffins are cooling, follow directions for Buttercream Frosting. It will only take you about 5 minutes to make the frosting. But make sure your butter and cream cheese are softened to room temperature.
- Fill a piping bag, or a small sandwich bag with frosting and nip off the corner with scissors. Using gentle pressure, pipe the frosting onto the muffins. You now officially have to call these cupcakes because they have frosting. :)
- Top with raspberries and enjoy!