Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? I come from an area of the country (hello, Boston!) where celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is almost as big as Christmas. People get really into it around here! I thought I’d make some green cupcakes to celebrate! These cupcakes, despite the green frosting (which is natural, no food coloring!) are super yummy. note: I researched a lot of ways for natural food coloring - although I went with avocado, there are many different ways to dye your frostings naturally!
St Patricks Day Paleo Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup non dairy yogurt (I used so delicious, greek yogurt)
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 1/4 cup raw honey, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 ripe avocado
- 1/2 cup cashews (soaked for at least 30 minutes)
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
- 2 tablespoons raw honey, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or more, to taste)
for the cupcakes (makes 6 cupcakes):
for the icing:
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place all cupcake ingredients in a food processor or blender and buzz until smooth
- Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners or grease with coconut oil
- Distribute batter equally among each cupcake liner
- Place in oven for 20 minutes (or until a cake tester/knife comes out clean
- Remove half avocado from shell and add to blender or food processor
- Remove cashews from water and add to food processor
- Add remaining icing ingredients and buzz together in the food processor.
- Once the icing is smooth, use a piping tool or knife to spread the icing onto the top of the cupcake
for the cupcakes
for the icing:
Renee says
These are simply delicious. I made this for my St. Patrick’s day dinner. My guests couldn’t believe the icing was made from avocados. I have featured this recipe on my blog site. http://peacefulfoodie.com/recipe/paleo-st-patricks-day-dinner/
So glad everyone liked them!! 🙂