Recipe
Grain Free Red Velvet Cupcakes + Cream Cheese Icing
Celebrate love with this recipe for Grain Free Red Velvet Cupcakes + Cream Cheese Icing! They’re naturally colored with beet juice and so pretty!
Prep: 30 minCook: 25 minTotal: 55 min
Servings: 12 1x
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1/2 cup ghee or butter
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup beet juice
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 3/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 pinch sea salt
Icing:
- 1 cup cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter and chocolate chips together in the microwave on high power for 30 second increments.
- Whisk the beet juice and eggs in a large bowl and add the sugar. Beat well.
- Add in the melted butter and chocolate.
- Mix in the almond flour, cocoa powder, coconut flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt.
- Evenly divide the batter between 12 lined muffin cups in a muffin tin.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
- Let the cupcakes cool on a wire rack completely before frosting.
- For the icing, mix together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla and agave.
- Beat well until light and fluffy.
- Ice the cupcakes as desired and serve.