Need a healthy recipe for some delicious birthday cupcakes? Look no further! These PALEO BANANA BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES are incredibly delicious: somehow ooey gooey and fluffy all at the same time, without being overly sweet or rich.
Where a lot of store-bought or bakery-bought cupcakes taste heavenly, they often leave you with a stomach ache, sugar rush, and big comedown that doesn’t make you feel the least bit like celebrating. So I whipped up a tasty treat that has just a touch of maple syrup for sweetener and swapped refined flour for fiber-rich almond flour.
We had these for my brother’s birthday and everyone was LOVING them…I topped them with a vegan vanilla frosting (store bought!) but you could do anything homemade if you like – also peanut butter or chocolate frosting would so great with these.
Paleo Banana Birthday Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 4 spotty bananas
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp flax meal
- 1 2/3 cup packed fine almond flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 and line cupcake tin with liners
- Using a hand or stand mixer, mix together eggs, bananas, vanilla extract, coconut oil, and maple syrup.
- Add in dry ingredient and combine.
- Fold in dark chocolate chips (optional).
- Pour batter into cupcake tin, almost all the way to the top.
- Bake for 14-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes up with just a few wet crumbs.
- Let cool completely, then frost with frosting of choice