Keto Coconut Flour Strawberry Cupcakes
Keto Coconut Flour Strawberry Cupcakes
This recipe is designed to teach everyone how to make easy keto coconut flour strawberry cupcakes
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Servings: 10 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 2/3 cup monkfruit sweetener or granulated sweetener of choice
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup room temperature butter, softened
- 1/4 cup oil of choice
- 5 TBS strawberry puree or jam for light strawberry taste use puree for stronger strawberry taste use jam
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 TBS milk of choice, room temperature
- desired amount of strawberry extract, optional
- red or pink gel food coloring, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line or lightly grease 10 muffin cups of a muffin pan
- In a large mixer bowl sift or whisk together the dry ingredients until no lumps are in the dry ingredients
- Add the eggs. Beat on low 10 seconds to moisten the dry ingredients. Increase speed to medium-low.. Beat on medium-low about 30 seconds or until fully combined
- Add the butter, oil, vanilla extract. and the milk. Beat on low about 10 seconds to break up the butter. Increase speed to medium. Beat on medium about 30 seconds or until fully combined and a smooth batter has formed
- Fold in the puree or jam a couple tablespoons at a time until fully combined. For a stronger strawberry flavor fold in desired amount of strawberry extract. (start with 1/2 teaspoon and work up to desired taste) For a pink tint to the cupcakes fold in a few drops of red or pink food coloring
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups (a little over 1/4 cup of batter in each cup) Use a butter knife or small spatula and spread the batter evenly throughout each muffin cup. Make sure the top of each cupcake is smooth and even
- Place in preheated oven.. Bake at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes or until golden and a tester comes out clean
- Remove from the oven. Cupcakes will be soft but will firm up as they cool. Allow to cool in the pan about 20 minutes or until firm enough to transfer to a wire rack
- Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely before frosting
Notes
1 cupcake with cream cheese frosting contains about 3 grams of net carbs when using coconut milk as the milk of choice
Quick Keto Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
This recipe is designed ot teach everyone how to make quick keto strawberry cream cheese frosting
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Servings: 1 cup
Ingredients
- 2 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup room temperature butter, softened
- 2 TBS strawberry jam or puree
- 1 1/2 cups powdered Swerve or powdered sugar of choice
- pink or red food coloring, optional
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl beat the cream cheese and butter on medium about 1 minutes or until smooth
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and push the ingredients to the center of the bowl. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the powdered Swerve. Allow the Swerve to beat in after each addition.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the jam or puree. Beat on medium another minute or until the frosting is smooth and fluffy.
- Spread or pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes. If desired top with chopped strawberries