Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serving Size : 24 cupcakes
Have you ever tried tahini cupcakes? It’s really a perfect dessert to indulge in! These cupcakes are refined sugar free and gluten free.
Ingredients
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1 Cup Pure Bee Honey
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2 1/4 Cup Gluten Free Flour
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1 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
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1/4 Tsp Cinnamon powder
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2 Eggs
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1 Cup low fat milk
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1 Tbsp Lemon juice
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1 1/4 Tbsp Vanilla extract
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2 Tbsp Any vegetable oil
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6 1/4 Tbsp tahini
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3/4 Cups Water
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1 Cup Butter with 75% less fat
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3/4 Cup Cocoa powder
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Pinch of salt
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Pinch of Cinnamon powder
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1 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
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1 1/2 Tsp Salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 170°C.
To make the cupcakes:
- Line and grease 2 cupcake pans and set them aside.
- In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
- In a medium bowl, combine eggs, milk, lemon juice, 1 tbsp of vanilla extract, oil, and 6 tbsp of tahini.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix to combine ,stir in the water.
- Pour into cupcake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean, approximatively 20 minutes.
- Let cool for a few minutes in the pan and then transfer to a wire rack to cool .
To make the frosting:
- Beat together the butter and ¾ cup of tahini.
- Beat in the cocoa powder then add ½ tsp of vanilla extract, salt, and a pinch of cinnamon.
- Frost your cupcakes and enjoy!
About the author
Samar Antoun is a licensed nutritionist and food technologist, a recipe developer and content creator on Instagram: @chosenbyadietitian. She have won the 1st prize in the TV Show "Noujoum Bila Houdoud" on "Al Aan TV" in its 2nd season for creating recipes and videos.