Frosted Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes – Total decadence without the guilt. These cupcakes are so moist and rich in chocolate flavor. The frosting is creamy and silky. Try these soon and enjoy!
No, you didn’t see a misprint. Yes, these are avocado cupcakes, but, you won’t be able to taste it at all! I wanted to try a new vegan recipe; I had an avocado in the house and just thinking about how mild tasting they are. So I figured, why not use this as a great, healthy way of adding tons of moisture to the batter?! I promise you, none of my taste testers knew what was in these cupcakes until I told them and then they couldn’t believe it. They absolutely loved them. Bake up a batch and taste for yourself what I’m talking about. Total chocolate deliciousness!
Frosted Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes
Yields: 12 cupcakes
Nutrition: calories 181.6, fat 4.9 g
Ingredients:
For the cupcakes –
- 1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
- 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder — not Dutch processed
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp fine sea or kosher salt
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup maple syrup, dark corn syrup, agave nectar, or brown rice syrup – I used dark corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk + 2 tbsp if needed
- 1 fresh avocado — cut up
- 2 tbsp vegan margarine — melted and cooled
- 2 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
For the chocolate glaze –
- 3/4 cup vegan semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp unsweetened vanilla almond milk
For the vanilla drizzle-
- 3 heaping tbsp sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- Cold water –add just drop by drop to make a smooth glaze
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line a muffin pan with foil or paper liners and set aside until ready to fill.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda, salt and brown sugar. Set aside.
- In a blender, add the cut up avocado along with the corn syrup, almond milk and vanilla extract. Blend until smooth, the mixture will be thick.
- Add the avocado mixture into the dry ingredients and mix well with a rubber spatula. Make sure you get all the way down in the bowl to incorporate all the flour mixture. If you need to add the two tbsp of almond milk do it now. Mix again and let the batter sit for 5 minutes but not longer.
- With an ice cream scooper, fill 12 lined muffin cups. There should be exactly the right amount to make 12 perfect cupcakes.
- Bake for about 20 minutes. Turn the pan around after 10 minutes for even baking. If you need to bake another few minutes, keep an eye on them. You don’t want to over bake them.
- Test cupcakes with a wooden skewer or toothpick. A few moist to dry crumbs should be on the skewer. Take out of the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
- To make the glaze: in a small microwave safe bowl, heat the small amount of almond milk for a few seconds. Then add the chips to the milk and whisk for a second. Put back in the microwave for about 20 seconds, take out and whisk again. Repeat until you have a nice smooth glaze.
- When the cupcakes are cooled, place them on a serving plate and frost each one. You will have enough glaze for each cupcake.
- To make the drizzle: in a small bowl, whisk the powdered sugar and vanilla with a few drops of cold water until you have a good consistency to drizzle over your glaze.
