Today’s post is a recipe for vegan Cupcakes. These Chocolate Chip Cookie Vegan Cupcakes are also paleo, gluten-free, refined sugar free. Enjoy!
These Chocolate Chip Cookie Vegan Cupcakes are what inspired me to make this delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie Vegan Pie I posted a few days ago. I had actually made the cupcakes before, but was waiting for #cupcakemondays to post this vegan cupcake recipe.
I have been experimenting with vegan and paleo baking for a little while. It’s one of my favorites now. I simply love vegan desserts! You can check out all of my vegan desserts here (most are paleo too).
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Anyway, allow me to talk to you for a bit about this delicious Chocolate Vegan Frosting!
This vegan and paleo frosting is made with a cashew base. After soaking the cashews overnight or for a few hours in hot water, you simply blend it with some other ingredients to make a smooth cream. Let the cream chill in the fridge until it hardens up and takes on a firmer consistency before piping or spreading it on top of your cake.
You only need a few ingredients to make this vegan chocolate frosting
- Cashews
- Maple syrup
- Coconut cream
- Lemon juice
- Cocoa powder
- Coconut Butter
- Vanilla extract
And that’s it! Not to mention that this vegan and paleo frosting is super easy to make. Hands on time is probably around 10 minutes, including doing the dishes. Only waiting for the cashews to soak, and then waiting for the frosting to firm up is going to take time.
You can make the cookies for the top, or the cupcakes, while you wait for the frosting to firm up.
This recipe makes for extra cookies, you can freeze some of the cookies for later if you don’t wish to bake them all at the same time.
How to freeze these vegan cookies: put cookies on top of a baking sheet. Place baking sheet in the freezer until cookies have frozen, for a couple of hours. Transfer cookies to a ziplock bag and seal it tight, removing the air from inside the bag.
When you want to bake a cookie simply pre-heat the oven and bake cookies straight from the freezer.
This recipe makes for super soft and chewy vegan chocolate chip cookies, which are also paleo! So much love for them!
Some of my favorite vegan recipes: Hazelnut Vegan Cupcakes, Matcha Vegan Cheesecake, Pecan Brownie Vegan Pie, Vegan Brownies with Caramel Sauce.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Vegan Cupcakes
Ingredients
Vegan Cupcakes
-
1 1/4
cup
almond flour -
1/4
cup
arrowroot flour -
1/2
teaspoon
baking powder -
1/4
teaspoon
fine sea salt -
1/4
teaspoon
baking soda -
2
tablespoons
almond butter or any nut butter such as cashew -
1/4
cup
maple syrup -
1/2
cup
coconut milk full fat -
1
tablespoon
ground flax seeds -
3
tablespoons
water -
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
Vegan Chocolate Frosting
-
2
cups
raw cashews
soaked in water overnight* -
1/2
cup
maple syrup -
2/3
cups
coconut cream -
2
tablespoons
fresh lemon juice -
2
tablespoons
coconut butter -
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract -
3
tablespoons
unsweetened cocoa powder
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie
-
1
flax seed -
1 1/2
tablespoon
warm water -
1
cup
almond flour
96 grams, 3.3 oz -
1/4
cup
coconut flour
32 grams, 1.1 oz -
3/4
cup
coconut sugar
150 grams, 5.3 oz -
1/2
teaspoon
baking soda -
1/2
teaspoon
baking powder -
1/4
teaspoon
fine sea salt -
1/4
cup
+ 2 tablespoons coconut oil
room temperature 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons nut butter (cashew, or almond) -
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract -
1
cup
chocolate chips
Instructions
Vegan Cupcakes
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Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Line a muffin tin with baking cups.
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Make flax egg. Mix flax seeds with water and let them sit for about 10 minutes while you gather all of the other ingredients together.
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Mix almond flour, arrowroot flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda together in a bowl. Set aside.
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Whisk almond butter with maple syrup, coconut milk, vanilla, and flax egg.
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Add flour mixture to the wet mixture.
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Spoon onto muffin cups.
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Bake for 10-15 minutes until you insert a toothpick in the center and it comes off clean.
Vegan Chocolate Frosting
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Drain cashews, place in the food processor together with maple syrup, coconut cream, lemon juice, coconut butter, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder.
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Process until creamy and smooth.
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Transfer mixture to a bowl and cover. Place it in the fridge for 4 hours or overnight, to solidify.
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie
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Mix flax seed with warm water. Set aside to thicken for 5-10 minutes.
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Mix almond flour, coconut flour, coconut sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
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Whisk coconut oil, nut butter, vanilla extract, and flax seed egg together.
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Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Stir until combined.
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Add chocolate chips.
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Form cookies into balls with a cookie scoop.
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I always like to chill my cookies in the freezer while the oven pre-heats, so the fats in the cookies will have time to become solid, and as the cookies enter the oven, the fat won’t start melting immediately, giving the cookie a chance to have a better structure.
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Pre-heat oven to 350F.
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Bake for about 8 minutes. Might take longer or less time depending on how big you shaped your cookies.
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Let them cool before handling.
To assemble
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I like to store my frosting already in the piping bag, so this way will be ready to pipe once cold and more solid.
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Pipe frosting on top of cupcakes and let them chill in the fridge for a couple of hours. Then you can proceed with topping the cupcakes with the cookie. I also melted some chocolate and drizzled it over cookies to give the cupcakes a little pizzaz.
Storage
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Cookies will store well in an air-tight container for a few days, at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
*You can soak the cashews in room temperature water overnight, or you can soak the cashews in hot water for at least 4 hours.
I’ll take a cupcake with an extra shot of frosting on the side
Hi Camila
What is the amount of flax seed for the cookie?
Thank you!