I love finding excuses to bake.
Watching the Olympics this week?
Yes, we definitely need cupcakes for that.
And, just in case you feel bad about eating cupcakes while watching top athletes push themselves to their limits, I’m happy to inform you that these cupcakes are grain-free, naturally sweetened, and bursting with antioxidant-rich strawberries!
Now, that’s something even an athlete can feel good about eating.
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Strawberry Cupcakes (Grain-free)
makes 8 cupcakes
adapted from Elana’s recipe
Ingredients:
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
4 large eggs
1/2 cup honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
zest of one lemon
1/2 cup finely chopped strawberries
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F, and line a muffin tin with 8 paper liners.
In a medium bowl, combine all of the ingredients– except for the fresh strawberries– and stir well, until a moist batter forms. Fold in the strawberries, then scoop the batter using a 1/4 cup into the prepared paper liners.
Bake for 20 minutes at 350F, or until the cupcakes are lightly golden around the edges and firm in the center.
Allow to cool completely before serving, and frost with Creamy Cashew Icing, if desired.
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large eggs
- ½ cup honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- zest of one lemon
- ½ cup finely chopped strawberries
- Preheat oven to 350F, and line a muffin tin with 8 paper liners.
- In a medium bowl, combine all of the ingredients– except for the fresh strawberries– and stir well, until a moist batter forms. Finally, fold in the strawberries.
- Scoop the batter using a ¼ cup into the prepared paper liners.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 350F, or until the cupcakes are lightly golden around the edges and firm in the center.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 30 minutes, and cool completely before serving. Frost with Creamy Cashew Icing, if desired.
Enjoy!
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Reader Feedback: What’s your favorite cupcake flavor? Are you enjoying the Olympics this week?
These are so cute! I love watching the Olympics, and will probably clock more TV hours this month than I have all year. As for cupcakes, I’m going to be boring and say vanilla bean (simple but just so freakin’ good). I’m more of a muffins gal, so if it’s muffins we’re talking about, carrot cake and lemon poppyseed are tied for the top!
These look amazing! Lemon, Strawberry, and honey…nothing better! Can’t wait to try these!
Any good uses for almond pulp from homemade almond milk? I have been making my own and hate to waste. I do not have a dehydrator so the recipe can not require that tool. Thanks! I will definitely try these cupcakes sometime!
I hate wasting almond pulp, too! I have yet to find a “good” recipe for it, but I’m still working on it. I’ll let you know if I come up with anything good!
Thanks for the reply. I have had success with Choosing Raw’s almond pulp hummus, but I am looking for more options. I will be on the lookout for your new discovery
These are the sweetest little cupcakes! I love making excuses to bake as well.
I definitely enjoy the olympics, but am not a fan of sitting in front of the TV for hours, so I mostly just record the sports I love and then can watch them later on.
I’m not much of a cupcake fan, they taste too much like cake to me. I love pumpkin or banana muffins though!
I’m not a fan of sitting in front of the TV for so long, either. Thank goodness for DVRs!
I’m with you on the pumpkin and banana muffins, too. YUM.
You do know the way to my heart…cupcakes! Dessert! Chocolate! I already made these cupcakes but I did change one tiny part because I didn’t have a lemon. I used a lime instead and it turned out really well! So good! Thanks for all the yummy recipes. I haven’t watched much of the olympics as I’m not a huge fan of sitting in front of the TV. I have caught some highlights on the large TVs while at the gym though! I’m not sure if it would be a good idea to eat a cupcake at the gym while catching highlights of the olympics…they might frown on that.
You’d probably get some funny looks at the gym if you brought a cupcake with you! Ha ha. The lime sounds like a delicious alternative!
I have been enjoying cupcakes too while watching the Olympics. Nothing like watching people workout while eating dessert, haha
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I just made my first batch of these awesome muffins! This is an amazing recipe – not only because it tastes WONDERFUL but every bite I take I can’t help wondering how in the world there is NO flour in the recipe while the look and taste says there is! But there isn’t! This ticks all the boxes, as it were, for a healthy delicious snack muffin..I will be making this again and again. This time the only slight difference from the recipe was that I used Organic crunchy peanut butter…Thank you for your culinary adventurous spirit!
So many good recipes! May make this one for Valentine’s as well, although I will need to pick up some pastured eggs
For me I love finding an excuse for going to the grocery store! lol