Jul 26, 2017
Dairy FreeGluten FreeLow FatSugar Free
These Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes will restore your faith in gluten free baked goods. They’re so, so soft and fluffy, they’re moist and won’t crumble between your fingers like sand, and they taste just like all cupcakes should — rich and sweet with comforting tones of vanilla bean in every bite.
These aren’t just ANY cupcakes… these are HEALTHY Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes!
I first posted a recipe for Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes back in 2013. While they were decent, I will admit, they were pretty delicate (I was a newbie to gluten free baking back then!), and the recipe required too many steps and ingredients. Over the years, I always felt like I should revamp the recipe, and finally got down to it last week.
When I think of cupcakes, the first thing that pops into my head is a big tray full of the sweetest, cloud-like pillows of fluffy, cakey goodness topped with copious amounts of frosting.
Then I immediately flashback to my childhood where I’d pound back cupcake after cupcake, and then when I was in a food-/sugar-coma, ask myself why I felt so sick and uncomfortable. Well, DUH, old Jessica! It was all that white sugar, bleached flour, and artificial flavors!
Thankfully, we can say goodbye to all the typical nasty cupcake ingredients and say hello to the healthy ingredients used to make theseHealthy Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes!
To make these cupcakes easier to make with a better texture, I made the following changes:
- Increased Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, 1 cupto1¼ cups
- Increased Double Acting Baking Powder, 1 tsp to 2 tsp
- Reduced Baking Soda, ½ tsp to ¼ tsp
- Reduced Granulated Erythritol, ¾ cup to ½ cup
- Replaced ½ cup Brown Rice Flour,½ cup Quinoa Flour + ⅓ cup Almond Flour +¼ cup Arrowroot Starch with 1 cup Sorghum Flour + 1 cup Oat Flour
- Replaced 3 tbs Applesauce + 3 tbs Oil with 1 cup Applesauce
- Omitted½ tsp Xanthan Gum
- Omitted 2 tbs Ground Flaxseed
- Added 2 Egg Whites
- Added 1 tsp Stevia Extract
The result of these changes? DAMN DELICIOUS Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes! They’re sweet, buttery, moist, and fluffy, and packed with vanilla flavor. Best of all, you’d never know these are healthy and guilt-free with just 90 calories per cupcake!
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Healthy Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes
Servings: 14 cupcakes
Prep Time: 20 minutes mins
Cook Time: 25 minutes mins
Total Time: 45 minutes mins
These gluten-free, sugar-free, and low-fat Vanilla Cupcakes will restore your faith in gluten free baked goods. They're so soft and fluffy and taste just like all cupcakes should -- rich and sweet with comforting tones of vanilla bean in every bite!
Ingredients
- 136g (1 cup) Sweet White Sorghum Flour
- 120g (1 cup) Oat Flour
- 2 tsp Double-Acting Baking Powder
- ¼ tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1¼ cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
- 246g (1 cup) Unsweetened Applesauce
- 96g (½ cup) Granulated Erythritol
- 2 Large Egg Whites
- 2 tsp Vanilla Paste (vanilla extract works too)
- 2 tsp Natural Butter Flavor
- 1 tsp Liquid Stevia Extract
- 1 tsp Almond Extract
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line your cupcake pans with 14 parchment paper or silicone liners (or you can spray the tins with cooking spray, but I think these will stick to traditional paper liners).
In a small bowl, whisk together the sorghum flour, oat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a stand mixer bowl with beater attachment, add the almond milk, applesauce, erythritol, egg whites, vanilla extract, butter flavor, stevia extract, and almond extract. Mix on low speed for about one minute.
Turn off the mixer, dump in the dry ingredients, and return to low speed. Increase speed to medium and mix until almost completely smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix one last time.
Scoop batter into prepared cupcake pans and bake for ~25 minutes, or until the surface of the cupcakes spring back when tapped. Transfer cupcakes to a wire cooling rack and let cool completely. Frost and serve!
Recipe Notes
I frosted my cupcakes with the Chocolate Frosting recipe from my Naughty or Nice Cookbook and added ~1 cup or so of shredded coconut to it. I just eyeballed it. Another good frosting option would be Miss Jones Organic Chocolate orVanilla Frosting!
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes
Amount Per Serving (1 cupcake)
Calories 90Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Sodium 150mg7%
Carbohydrates 17g6%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin C 3.3mg4%
Calcium 100mg10%
Iron 0.7mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake & Cupcakes
Can you believe it?? 90-CALORIE CUPCAKES THAT TASTE LIKE 900-CALORIE CUPCAKES!
It’s not always about the nutrition label, calorie content, or grams of fat, though… it’s about the quality and nutritional value of the ingredients in the recipe. We should always be able to enjoy dessert without feeling guilty orundergoing a sugar crash.
These Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes are made with top notch, nutritious ingredients. It’s just a bonus that they’re sugar free and low fat too. This truly is a dessert with benefits! 🙂
Enjoy!
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With love and good eats,
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–Jess
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