Chocolate cream mini cupcakes with avocado icing
Chatelaine
These quinoa cupcakes will definitely satisfy your sweet tooth. The cupcakes can be made the day before, but the avocado icing is best made fresh on the day you are going to serve them.
Ingredients
-
2/3 cup
water
-
1/3 cup
white
quinoa
-
1/4 cup
reduced-fat
sour cream
-
1/4 cup
honey
-
1
large
egg
-
1
large
egg white
-
3 tbsp
grapeseed oil
, or light-tasting vegetable oil
-
1/2 tsp
vanilla
-
1/3 cup
sifted unsweetened
cocoa powder
-
3/4 tsp
baking powder
-
1/4 tsp
baking soda
-
1/4 tsp
salt
Icing
-
1
ripe
avocado
-
1 tbsp
liquid
honey
-
1 tsp
pure
vanilla
-
1/4 cup
unsweetened
cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 24-cup mini muffin pan with paper liners.
- For the cupcakes, in a medium saucepan, bring the water and quinoa to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit with the cover on for another 15 minutes. The quinoa must be extra-fluffy.
- In a blender, combine the sour cream, honey, egg, egg white, oil and vanilla. Blend until combined. Add ¼ cup (60 mL) of the quinoa and blend until completely smooth. Repeat adding ¼ cup (60 mL) quinoa, puréeing after each addition, until all the quinoa has been added.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt until no lumps of cocoa powder remain. Add the puréed mixture. Stir just until blended. Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake liners.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool in the pan.
- For the icing, peel the avocado and in a small bowl, mash it with a fork until no big lumps remain. Place in a blender with the honey and vanilla. Purée until smooth. Add the cocoa powder and blend until completely incorporated. Transfer the icing to a piping bag (or a resealable plastic bag, then cut off one corner). Pipe the icing onto the cooled cupcakes.
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days (with the avocado icing). Recipe from Quinoa Revolution by Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming.
How to make perfectly shaped cupcakes
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 60,
- Protein
- 1 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 7 g,
- Fat
- 4 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 60 mg.
