CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY PALEO CUPCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE AND RASPBERRY TOPPING (AIP, VEGAN, GLUTEN-FREE)
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These Paleo Cupcakes are:
* Delightful and Delicious
* Best Paleo chocolate cupcakes
* Best AIP cupcakes
* Best Paleo and AIP birthday cupcakes
* Best Gluten-free Vegan cupcakes
* Gluten-free, Grain-free, Dairy-free, Egg-free
* Vegan and Whole30 friendly
When we followed an Autoimmune diet (AIP), coming up with delicious desserts for birthday parties was one of our main struggle. However, after I created these delicious Chocolate Blueberry Paleo Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry topping, we no longer had that problem. They tasted amazing not just for my children, but also their friends.
These cupcakes are truly the best AIP and Paleo Chocolate cupcakes. They are also perfect for vegans that are gluten-free and for people with dairy, eggs, soy, corn, almond, peanuts, and cashews allergies.
WHY YOU WOULD LOVE THESE PALEO CUPCAKES:
* They are made from inexpensive ingredients that are easy to find
* They have a great favor
* They are healthy (if you can call chocolate dessert healthy :)) – no refined sugar, incorporating anti-inflammatory berries
* Your struggle to find an amazing dessert, while you follow a Paleo, AIP, or Gluten-free Vegan diet, has ended
INGREDIENTS FOR THESE PALEO CUPCAKES (CHECK RECIPE CARD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FOR THE EXACT MEASUREMENTS):
Banana
Cocoa powder (Organic)
Fresh or Frozen Blueberries (Organic)
Frozen raspberries (Organic)
IMPORTANT NOTES AND SUBSTITUTIONS FOR THESE PALEO / AIP CUPCAKES
• You can substitute Coconut milk with other plant based milk (if you aren’t following an AIP diet) or you can use water instead
• Maple Syrup can be replaced with coconut sugar, however you might need to adjust the wet ingredients
• Banana can be replaced with organic apple sauce.
• Olive oil can be replaced with coconut oil. Be sure it is melted before adding it to the batter
• Blueberries can be omitted, however they do give moisture to the cupcakes
• If you follow an Autoimmune diet (AIP), and you have not reintroduce cocoa powder, you will want to use carob powder instead
DIRECTION FOR THESE CHOCOLATE BLUEBERRY PALEO CUPCAKES
STEP 1
Turn over at 350F and prepare a muffin pan with muffin paper cups. Peel and cut the banana. Add it to a blender or food processor and blend it until is smooth.
STEP 2
Add the blended banana to a bowl. Add the cocoa powder and mix in with the blended banana.
STEP 4
Add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix until all is incorporated.
STEP 5
Add the olive oil and the coconut milk and mix until everything is completely incorporated with the batter.
STEP 6
Next, add the baking soda.
STEP 7
Add coconut flour to a bowl. Add the tapioca flour and mix until all is incorporated. The dough will turn a thicker consistency.
STEP 8
Add the blueberries and chocolate chips. Mix them well into the dough. You might need to use your hands. The dough will be wet, but not runny.
STEP 9
Using your hands add the dough to each muffin cup, until all the dough is used.
STEP 10
Bake these Paleo Cupcakes at 350F for 20 mins.
STEP 11
Meanwhile prepare the chocolate ganache (see detail recipe here) and raspberry topping.
For raspberry topping add the frozen raspberries to a blender or food processor with 1 -2 tbsp. of maple syrup (depending how sweet you want the topping to be) and pulse 1-2 times, until raspberries are cut in very small pieces.
STEP 12
After the Chocolate Blueberry Paleo cupcakes are cooled, decorated them with the chocolate ganache and raspberry topping.
Note: The chocolate ganache is more runny, but goes very well with the raspberry topping. It is also made with only 2 healthy ingredients.
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OTHER AIP AND PALEO RECIPES YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE:
AIP PANCAKES (GRAIN-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE, PALEO)
PALEO GROUND BEEF AND SWEET POTATO MEAL
MONGOLIAN BEEF AND BROCCOLI STIR FRY
These amazing Chocolate Blueberry Paleo Cupcakes are delicious and the best AIP and Paleo cupcakes. Perfect for birthdays, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or any other special day. Since they are dairy-free and egg-free, they are perfect Vegan and Gluten-free cupcakes too.
- 1 Banana or 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder organic
- 1/2 cup Tapioca flour or Arrowroot flour
- 1/2 cup Coconut flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 cup Olive Oil organic
- 1/2 cup Maple Syrup
- 3/4 cup Coconut Milk
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips Dairy-free, Soy-free
- 1 cup Fresh or Frozen Blueberries organic
- 1 cup Frozen Raspberries organic
- 2 tbsp Maple Syrup
- 3 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- 7 tbsp Maple Syrup
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Check above for step by step images.
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Turn over at 350F and prepare a muffin pan with muffin paper cups. Peel and cut the banana. Add it to a blender or food processor and blend it until is smooth.
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Add blended banana to a bowl. Add the cocoa powder and mix in with the blended banana.
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Add the maple syrup and vanilla extract and mix until all is incorporated.
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Add the olive oil and the coconut milk and mix until everything is completely incorporated with the batter.
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Next, add the baking soda.
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Add coconut flour to a bowl. Add the tapioca flour and mix until all is incorporated.
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Add the blueberries and chocolate chips. Mix them well into the dough. You might need to use your hands. The dough will be wet, but not runny.
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Using your hands add dough to each muffin cup, until all the dough is used.
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Bake the cupcakes at 350F for 20 mins.
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Meanwhile prepare the chocolate ganache (see detail recipe here) and raspberry topping.
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For raspberry topping add the frozen raspberries to a blender or food processor with 1 -2 tbsp. of maple syrup (depending how sweet you want the topping to be) and pulse 1-2 times, until raspberries are cut in very small pieces.
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After the Chocolate Blueberry Paleo cupcakes are cooled, decorated them with the chocolate ganache and raspberry topping.
You can substitute Coconut milk for other plant based milk (if you aren’t following an AIP diet) or even water.
• Maple Syrup can be replace with coconut sugar, however you might need to adjust the wet ingredients.
• Banana can be replace with organic apple sauce.
• Olive oil can be replaced with coconut oil. Be sure it’s melted before adding it to the batter.
• Blueberries can be omitted, however they do give moisture to the cupcakes.
• If you follow an Autoimmune diet (AIP), and you haven’t reintroduce cocoa powder, you will want to use carob powder instead.
I have made these 2 times so far and I LOVE them! I threw all of the cupcake ingredients (besides chocolate chips) into the blender until smooth, then stirred the chocolate chips into the batter before scooping into muffin cups. I have made different toppings each time – one time I used the rest of a can of coconut cream and blended it with the raspberries and cocoa powder to make delicious ‘frosting’ and the other time, I just made the chocolate ganache but blended the raspberries into it. Both were delicious and eaten very quickly in my house!
Lindsay, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and your results. I love the way you made your icing with raspberries and coconut cream.
We used apple sauce instead of banana and the result was a thick batter not a dough. The cupcake were pudding in the end. Will try with banana next time. Or do we add more of the flours until it becomes a dough?
So sorry it didn’t turn ok for you. I think that you might need extra flour if your dough was more like a batter. How much applesauce did you use?Did you make any other substitutions?