Lemon Cupcakes with Chocolate Avocado Frosting

Light and moist lemon cupcakes made from coconut flour with a delicious chocolate avocado topping.

Since I have baked these the Chief Taster requests for a batch almost every week for a “treat'”.   They are deliciously light and lemony and the avocado and chocolate frosting goes well with the lemon cake.   I was eating a chocolate avocado pudding one day and thought that this would make a lovely cake topping.  I was right.  The coconut oil gives it a lovely gloss too.   I slathered it on my cupcakes but you could pipe it on.  (I need a new icing bag!)

The lemon cakes are delicious by themselves so feel free to either have them “bare” or use another topping.  If you are an avocado fan though, try the topping!  It’s great by itself and I had a happy time eating the leftover topping!

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Lemon Cupcakes & Chocolate Avocado Frosting

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

A low carb lemon cupcake topped with a creamy chocolate avocado frosting.

Course: Cupcakes, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cupcake recipes, Easy cupcakes, healthier buttercream frosting

Servings: 6 Cupcakes

Calories: 201 kcal

Author: Angela Coleby

Ingredients

Cake

• 1/4 cup Coconut flour
• 1/4 cup Butter, melted
• 1/4 cup Erythritol (or sugar substitute of your choice)
• 2 tablespoons Coconut milk
• 3 Eggs
• 1 Lemon - juice & zest
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

Topping

• 1 Avocado peeled and stone removed
• 1/3 cup Cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon Coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon Coconut milk
• 2 teaspoons Ground erythritol or sugar substitute of your choice

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Instructions
2. Pre-heat the oven to 200C/400F degrees.
3. Blend together the butter, eggs, erythritol, coconut milk, lemon zest and juice
4. Add the coconut flour, baking powder and salt, and whisk until there are no lumps and there is a smooth batter.
5. Pour into cupcake cups or a greased muffin tray.
6. Bake for 20 minutes and allow to cool.
7. Blend the topping ingredients until smooth. I used a hand blender but feel free to do an upper arm workout and try it with a fork/spoon!
8. Slather the topping over the lemon cakes (or pipe it, my piping bag had to be thrown out so I had to slather!)
9. Eat and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Makes 6 delicious cup cakes.

Nutritional Info per cupcake (no topping) 139 Calories, 12g Fat, 4g Protein, 5g Carb, 2g Fibre, 3g Net Carb

Nutritional Info per cupcake (with topping) 201 Calories, 18g Fat, 5g Protein, 9g Carb, 5g Fibre, 4g Net Carb

 

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Nutrition Facts

Lemon Cupcakes & Chocolate Avocado Frosting

Amount Per Serving (1 Cupcake)

Calories 201 Calories from Fat 162

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 18g 28%

Total Carbohydrates 9g 3%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Protein 5g 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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