SNOW-CAPPED CHOCOLATE
CUPCAKES
A delicious, excellent deep chocolate-flavored cupcake that is
pretty to look at as well. These rich
cupcakes have a gorgeous texture, even when chilled. I loved them! Like chocolate cake in an easy muffin recipe!
The sweetener tables for all the most common scenarios are in my cookbooks for your convenience. For example, ¾ cup sugar sweetness (not ¾ cup liquid) using my bottle of sucralose from the EZ-Sweetz brand (whether the smaller one of 0.5 oz or the bigger yellow bottle of 2 oz – Zero carbs) would be 18 or 36 drops respectively. Here is an article and video about the sweeteners. Part 1. There is another article and video here: Part 2.
INGREDIENTS: 
4 eggs
Liquid sweetener (sucralose or stevia) to
equal 1 cup
(250 mL)
sugar
1/2 cup granulated sweetener of choice (125 mL)
1/2 cup
sour cream (125 mL)
1/3 cup
light-tasting olive oil (75 mL)
1 tbsp vanilla
extract (15 mL)
21/4 cups Gluten-Free
Bake Mix 2, (560 mL)
OR use one
of my Grain-Free Bake Mixes, Here and Here
1/2 cup
cocoa (125 mL)
21/2 tsp
baking powder (12 mL)
1/2 tsp
baking soda (2 mL)
1/4 tsp salt (1 mL)
2/3 cup coffee (150 mL)
Cream Cheese Frosting:
8 oz cream
cheese, softened (250 g)
1 cup sour cream
(250 mL)
Liquid sweetener
to equal 1 cup sugar (250 mL)
1/2 tsp pure
vanilla extract (2 mL)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat
the oven to 350°F (180°C).
In bowl with mixer, beat eggs, liquid sweetener, granulated sweetener, sour cream, olive oil and vanilla extract.
In large bowl, combine Gluten-Free Bake Mix 2, OR alternative bake mix, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. To wet ingredients, add half dry ingredients
with half coffee; beat and then add remaining dry ingredients and coffee and
beat once again until smooth. Fill 12
muffin cups (if the pan is a good nonstick muffin pan), or fill liners in the
muffin cups. Bake 16 to 18 minutes, or
until a knife inserted in one of the muffins comes out clean. Allow to cool before removing and frosting. I simply spooned the frosting on top and swirled it a little. You can get fancy and pipe the frosting on top.
Cream Cheese Frosting: In bowl with
mixer, mix cream cheese, sour cream, sweetener and vanilla extract until
smooth.
Yield: 12 servings
1
serving
286.8
calories
8.9
g protein
24.2
g fat
1.7 g fiber
7.1
g net carbs
