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Gluten-free banana spinach cupcakes with peanut butter and chocolate buttercream

Mar-22-2017
Ruchi Bhatia
10 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
8 People
Serves
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ABOUT Gluten-free banana spinach cupcakes with peanut butter and chocolate buttercream RECIPE

These muffins are gluten-free, refined-sugar free and dairy-free! They taste like a green smoothie but in muffin form!

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Hard
  • Dessert
  • Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 8

  1. 2 cups Oats
  2. 1/2 tea spoon cinnamon powder
  3. ½ tsp salt
  4. ½ tsp Baking soda
  5. 2 tsp baking powder
  6. 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  7. ½ cup almond milk
  8. I cups packed spinach leaves
  9. ¼ cup Canola oil
  10. 2 extra-ripe large bananas
  11. 2 eggs**
  12. For chocolate peanut buttercream
  13. 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened
  14. 1/4 cup peanut butter
  15. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  16. 4 cups powdered sugar
  17. 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  18. ¼ cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease or line a muffin tin.
  2. Put 2 cups of oats in your blender and blend until the oats achieve the texture of flour. Transfer to a medium mixing bowl.
  3. Add the rest of the dry ingredients to the oat flour ( baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and sugar). Set aside.
  4. Add almond milk to the blender followed by 2 cups of spinach. Blend together until completely smooth and homogenous.
  5. Add bananas and oil and blend until smooth.
  6. Add vanilla and eggs and blend until just combined
  7. Pour wet ingredients to dry mixture and stir to combine (making sure there are no lumps)! Fill each well in your muffin tin with ¼ cup of batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when touched.
  8. Method of making buttercream
  9. In large bowl, beat softened butter, peanut butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar and cocoa powder until well combined. Gradually beat in heavy cream. Beat at least two minutes until light and fluffy.

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Isha Prasad
Apr-06-2017
Isha Prasad   Apr-06-2017

nice recipe

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