Pink Strawberry Party Cupcakes
Refined sugar-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, high fiber, heart-healthy, gluten-free
Here are darling, blush-pink cupcakes fit for a party. I made these healthy cupcakes with plenty of fresh strawberries. My cupcake recipe is simple and beautiful to look at. Play with decorating them using any frosting you love. The cupcakes are a perfect canvas for rose petals, mint leaves, natural sprinkles or even melted chocolate. Who does not love chocolate covered strawberries? Go ahead indulge your sweet tooth and make a batch of playful, PINK cupcakes!
Pink Strawberry Party Cupcakes
© Sweets You Can Eat by Megan Matthews and Patricia Schroeck 2019-2022
Ingredients
Wet
4 cups strawberries, quartered
2/3 cup honey
1/3 cup raw grated beets
1/3 cup coconut oil
5 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon vanilla
Dry
4 cups almond flour
2 tablespoons coconut or oat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
Toppings
Megan’s vegan milk chocolate frosting or Megan’s easy chocolate glaze or Megan’s avocado chocolate frosting, plus natural sprinkles, rose petals or sprigs of mint
Makes 24 cupcakes
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Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF/180ºC. Grease two 12-cup cupcake tins liberally with olive or coconut oil or line them with cupcake papers.
2. Melt the coconut oil and combine with 3 cups quartered strawberries (retain 1 cup to fold into batter later), honey, beets, eggs, lemon juice and vanilla in a blender. Pulse the strawberry mixture to combine into wet batter.
3. Pour wet batter into a large bowl and add in dry ingredients almond flour, coconut or oat flour, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine. Fold in the final 1 cup reserved, quartered, fresh strawberries. Pour batter into cupcake tins. Bake for 25 minutes.
4. Assemble cupcakes using one of my vegan frostings, topped with rose petals, chocolate chips or natural sprinkles and a sprig of mint.
Photos by Brian Byllesby
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