Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes (that no one will know are gluten free!)

These cupcakes are amazingly delicious! My son can't eat gluten as it gives him eczema so I am always trialling new recipes so he can eat things that don't actually taste like they are gluten free. A lot of the time gluten free recipes have a strange texture or after taste. These cupcakes are like the real thing! Just without the gluten!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour (I used Aldi brand)

1/2 cup almond meal or any other seed meal such as sunflower to make them nut free
1/2 cup cocoa
3/4 cup caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder (I used Bobs Red Mill Aluminium Free)
5 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
1 egg
1 cup milk

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 180'c

Mix together all dry ingredients with a whisk

In a separate bowl, mix together all wet ingredients with a whisk

Make a hole in the centre of the dry ingredients and add in the wet ingredients

Pour into prepared cupcake tin & patties

Bake for around 20-25mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean

Top with your favourite icing if you like. They are actually so yummy they don't even need the icing!

For these I made a ganache with sour cream & dark chocolate. 250grams dark chocolate, 250mls sour cream.

Enjoy!

Bee xx

RECIPE | Bounty Mountains (Almost Raw)

I LOVE coconut. Coconut yoghurt, coconut ice-cream, coconut ANYTHING. Especially just plain old coconuts!

My favourite chocolate bar growing up was the Bounty. The combo of coconut & chocolate is just heaven!

My love of these chocolate bars has led me to work on making a healthier version.. And here we have it! Bounty mountains!

Hopefully you enjoy them just as much as I do!  They are (if I do say so myself) absolutely delicious!

I cheated a little here and used  store bought dark chocolate but you could absolutely experiment with home-made raw chocolate :)

Ingredients:
3/4 cup organic dessicated coconut
3 tablespoons melted coconut oil
1 tablespoon maple syrup
4 tablespoons filtered water
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla essence
Little pinch of rock salt
200g organic dark chocolate (I used 80%)

Directions:
Line a tray with baking paper
Mix all of the above ingredients (except chocolate) together really well, mix for a few minutes with a whisk
With a tablespoon, pick up a spoon full of the mixture and put on the lined tray They will not hold together well, you will need to gather them up a little with your fingers once they are on the tray (you will see how they got their name 'Bounty Mountains')
Freeze for 30 minutes
In the mean time, melt chocolate in saucepan over low heat
Once the chocolate has melted and the coconut mixture is firm, pour chocolate over the top of your coconut and spread out a little with a knife or spoon
Put back in freezer for 10 minutes or until chocolate is set
Take them out, turn them upside down and pour remaining chocolate over bottoms of your little mountains
Freeze until all chocolate is set and then move to refrigerator until ready to serve

These make a delicious dessert or special treats for a special occasion! Even your not so healthy friends will be impressed! :)

Enjoy!

Bee xx