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Chocolate Bombs


Grain-Free

Kid-Friendly

60 mins       12 cupcakes


This recipe came from a time in my life when my family and I only ate grain-free. While we eat plenty of grains to supplement our meals these days, it has held through the years as my most requested dessert by family and friends.

I use this cake recipe to make so many other variations of desserts. Sometimes I stuff it with ganache, so it’s warm and molten. For birthdays, I top it with coffee chocolate buttercream. I’ve amended it before to make an ice cream sandwich too! It’s such a versatile gluten free cake that’s easy and even has some added protein from the use of almond butter. 

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Ingredients

1 cup – almond butter
4 tbl – butter
½ cup – cocoa powder
½ cup – coconut sugar
¼ – honey (I add this depending on what is going on top of cake).
2 tsp – vanilla
3 – eggs
1 tsp – baking soda
2 tsp – fresh lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

Grain Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 12 generous cupcakes, 24 mini cupcakes,  or 1-1.5″ deep cake round

  1. Add the first 6 ingredients to your stand mixer and blend until fully incorporated. At this point, taste and adjust sugars, cocoa powder, and vanilla for flavor, although this is how I like it. 
  2. Add 3 eggs, blending well after each addition.
  3. Add baking soda and lemon juice until the batter turns lighter in color and looks more like cake batter.
  4. Bake at 350F for 18-20 minutes for standard cake and cupcakes, only 8-12 min for minis!

 

Only notes:

* don’t overcook! Burnt almonds tend to taste gross.
*do adjust sweetener to taste if needed!


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