Happy Valentines Day… GF Coconut Cupcakes
Gluten Free Coconut Cupcakes for Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day! I hope you had a great day celebrating those whom you love in your life… we sure did enjoy the evening as a family. I have been trying to “perfect” my vanilla cupcake recipe (always a challenge without gluten, eggs and dairy) and tried something new that actually worked out quite well. I omitted the starches and lowered the xanthan gum! You need the addition of the teff flour for this to be successful I think. If you don’t have teff flour, use a 1/4 tsp of xanthan gum and substitute another gluten free flour for the teff flour amount. Without the tapioca starch/potato starch/corn starch, the cupcakes were a little more dense, but had a lot of flavor and were not as sweet. The frosting more than makes up for that! In addition, even though there is coconut milk and coconut flakes, these do not have a powerful “coconut” flavor. They are more like a vanilla cake. Happy hearts day… enjoy!
Gluten Free Coconut Cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups of the following Gluten Free flour mix: 2 1/2 cups brown rice flour, 2/3 cup sorghum flour, 1/3 cup teff flour, 1/4 cup millet flour (mix all flours together really well and then measure out the amount needed for the recipe)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp xanthan gum
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 cup coconut milk (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup unsweetened finely shredded coconut flakes
Method:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 cup muffin tin with cupcake baking cups.
- In a separate bowl, combine the GF flour, baking powder, xanthan gum and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the coconut milk, sugar and vanilla. Mix well until the sugar is dissolved.
- Add the dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Add in the coconut flakes and stir until combined.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the cupcake cups. Bake for 25 minutes in the middle of your preheated oven.
- Cool on a wire rack and frost with your favorite frosting when completely cool.
