with all the end of year parties and summer birthdays to celebrate before the end of school year, i feel like i’m baking everyday…  and clara’s requests are getting more specific too.  today she wanted chocolate cupcake with orange colored frosting…

Ingredients

For Chocolate cupcakes
1/4C (28g) almond flour
1/12t (0.4g) salt
1/12t  (0.4g) baking soda
1/12t (0.15g) ground cinnamon
2t (4g) unsweetened cocoa powder
2T (27g) Truvia
1T (15g) DaVinci sugar free syrup, German Chocolate Cake
1+1/3T (18.5g) unsalted butter, european style, softened, not melted
1 (50g) egg
1/3t (2.5g) vanilla flavor, Frontier alcohol-free

For frosting
1/4C (60g) Organic Valley heavy whipping cream
2t (9g) Truvia
1/4t (2g) orange flavor
few drops of orange food coloring

Directions

Mix all the dry ingredients.  Mix all the wet ingredients.  Mix in the dry ingredients.
Line the cupcake pan with liners and fill 3/4 way up.
Bake at 350F for 15 minutes.  Cool completely before frosting.

For frosting, whip heavy cream and truvia.  add orange flavor and food coloring and mix well.

Notes

Approximate Ratio 2.7:1
Makes 6 mini cupcakes (103 calories & 1.4g of carb per cupcake)

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ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 5, 2012