Red Velvet Cupcakes are always popular at our family get togethers but I shy away from making them because of the nasty red food colour in them.....until I started using beetroot powder!
I've used Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour because it is rice free (perfect for my son) and because I love the results I get with it! This flour does not have any xanthan or guar gum so I added it to the recipe. Let me know how you go in the comments if you make any changes to my recipe and are happy with the results :-)
I've created a frosting recipe below that is top 8 allergy free and refined sugar free - I've also made an alternative with regular icing sugar. Both recipes are yummy but definitely not the same as real cream cheese frosting. If you can use real cream cheese or even soy cream cheese do that - nothing beats cream cheese frosting!
Gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, soy free, nut free - can be egg free
Cake Ingredients:
150g Bob’s Red Mill GF All Purpose Baking Flour
1 tsp xanthan gum (or guar gum)
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp bi-carb soda
100g rapadura sugar (or sweetener of choice)
2 tbsp raw cacao powder
15g beetroot powder
100g coconut oil, melted
1 egg (or egg replacer - see method below)
100mls dairy free milk
1 tsp gluten free white vinegar (I use Cornwell’s)
Cake Method:
Frosting Ingredients - Refined Sugar Free Frosting Ingredients - Using Icing Sugar
400g can coconut cream 400g can coconut cream
2 tbsps honey 50g pure icing sugar, sifted
1 tbsp coconut flour 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsps apple cider vinegar ½ to 1 tsp nutritional yeast(sifted if flakes) - optional
1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting Method:
Enjoy! Lisa x