Gluten Free St. Patricks Day Chocolate Cupcakes
I'm calling these vegan gluten free Saint Patrick's Day cupcakes "green velvet cupcakes"! They are so moist, rich, and chocolatey and the green cream cheese frosting on top is inspired by red velvet cupcakes! Everyone is going to love these and no one will guess they're vegan, gluten free, and can be made sugar-free thanks to purecane 1-1 sugar substitute! These cupcakes are 226 calories each or 135 calories each when making sugar-free cupcakes by using purecane sugar substitute.
Ingredients
Gluten Free St. Patricks Day Chocolate Cupcakes
- 2 tablespoon flax seed meal
- 4 tablespoon hot water
- 1 can full-fat coconut milk
- 2 tablespoon oat milk
- 1 cup cane sugar or purecane 1-1 sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ¾ cup oat flour
- ½ cup vegan chocolate chips
Green Velvet Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar or purecane 1-1 powdered sugar substitute
- 4 oz vegan cream cheese
- 4 tablespoon softened vegan butter
- green food coloring
- green sprinkles
Instructions
Gluten Free St. Patrick's Day Chocolate Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350. Prepare the flax eggs by mixing the flax seed meal with the hot water and setting it aside for 2 minutes until a gel forms.
- Mix the coconut milk, flax seed mixture, oat milk, sugar or purecane, vanilla, baking powder, and baking soda together. Then, add the cocoa powder and whisk in until smooth. Add the oat flour and mix just until a smooth batter is formed. Be careful not to over-mix or the cupcakes will be dense. Option to fold in chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into about 16 lined cupcake wells and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes.
- While the cupcakes are baking, mix the powdered sugar or purecane, vegan cream cheese, and softened vegan butter together to make the vegan cream cheese frosting. Mix in 2 or 3 drops of green food coloring, adding more to reach desired green color.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool before frosting them and topping them with green sprinkles. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 226kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 2gFat: 10g
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Cj says
Can i sub almond flour for this and chia egg for the flaxegg?
Jillian says
Hi there! I believe that chia egg will work well in this recipe but I don't know if almond flour will give the same fluffy results. If you use almond flour, I'd recommend using at least 3 cups as almond flour doesn't soak up as much liquid as oat or all purpose.