Frosted Jam Donut Cupcakes (Gluten Free and low in fat!)
Posted Feb 09 2012 4:21pm
Is it Doughnut ordonut? doooo nut or doughy sugary heaven fried nut? meh.
you say tomato and i say tomato...
It looks like a fancy cupcake (due to over generous frosting sprinkles) but when you bite into it, it tastes like a delicious naughty jammy doughnut, only it has next to none of those bad fats.... aaaand its gluten free. its magic, I swear.
Recipe + Ingredients
1/2c oat flour [ground in a blender from oat groats or steel cut oats]
1/2c rice flour
3T coconut flour
1/3csuger substitute like spender granulated sweetener.
2 large eggs
1/3 cup fat free vanilla / plain yoghurt
1t vanilla extract
1/2t salt
1t baking powder
Directions
Preheat your oven to 180*C +line muffin tin with papers.
In a medium sized bowl mix together the oat flour, sweet rice flour, coconut flour, sweetener, salt + baking powder.
In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and yoghurt.
Stir wet into dry, until combined. Do not over stir. It will look slightly lumpy.
pour or spoon the batter to your pan leaving a little room at the top.
Bake for 18-22min.
Test
with a toothpick for doneness doughyness. You want a slightly moist toothpick.
Not gooey but not bone dry. The tops of the donut should be golden
brown and it will spring back when you press it lightly.
Let them cool in the pan for 5min then turn out onto a cooling rack.
when cooled, using a knife cut out the center of the cupcake and spoon in a teaspoon of jam and or butter cream. place 'lid' back on and pipe on swirls vanilla frosting.
doooo nut or doughy sugary heaven fried nut? meh.
you say tomato and i say tomato...