Sugar Free Cupcakes
Sugar Free Cupcakes are made by combining flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, eggs, a monk fruit sweetener, vanilla extract, oil, and buttermilk. The batter is light and slightly thin, suitable for cupcakes, which can be baked plain or with added fresh fruit or fruit puree mixed in.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 egg room temperature
- 1 ½ cups sugar substitute monk fruit
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
- 1 cup neutral cooking oil vegetable or canola, generic cooking oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F degrees and fill cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until lightly frothy.
- Gradually add sweetener beating about 30 seconds until well combined.
- Add oil and vanilla, beat well.
- Gradually add dry ingredients into the egg mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Starting and stopping with dry ingredients. Flour mix, buttermilk, flour, buttermilk, then flour.
- Beat until well combined. Batter will seem thin.
- Bake plain OR fold in 1/4 cup of fruit puree I used strawberry and ½ cup diced fresh fruit (optional).
- Divide into cupcakes liners, ⅔ full.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
Notes
- When including fruit in the batter, use about half a cup of fresh chopped fruit or an equivalent amount of fruit puree.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24 Cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 199
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 199kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 9g | 53% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 225mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.