Sugar Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Sugar Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting, a delicious dessert recipe made from scratch with no added sugar.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1½ cup Flour.
- 1 cup Sugar Alternative. - see post for details.
- ½ Unsweetened Cocoa Powder.
- 1½ tsp Baking Soda.
- ½ tsp Salt.
- ¾ cup Milk.
- ½ cup Oil.
- 2 Eggs.
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract.
- ¾ cup Water. -Hot tapor heated water
For the frosting
- ½ cup Butter -softened
- 2½ cups Sugar free powdered sugar
- ½ tsp Vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Milk.
- Sugar free sprinkles.
Instructions
- Start by preheating your oven to 350 and prep your cupcake pan for nonstick.
- In a large mixing bowl use a whisk to combine together the flour, sugar alternative, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Next, in a medium mixing bowl, use a clean whisk to combine together the milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract. Then add these wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in the first bowl and mix until just combined.
- Lastly, scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl and then add the hot water to the bowl and whisk the ingredients until smooth. It is okay if the batter seems a bit thin at this point.
- Use a cookie scoop to evenly distribute the batter into the liners in your cupcake pan.
- Bake your cupcakes for 20 minutes or until they can spring back when lightly touched in the center or a toothpick comes out clean. Then carefully remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them sit in the pan for five minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to fully cool.
- To make the frosting, use a whisk attachment to beat together the softened butter and vanilla extract on high until creamy (about two minutes).
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and then add the sugar free powdered sugar and cocoa powder, one cup at a time, to the bowl beating on a low speed until incorporated between each addition.
- Transfer the buttercream frosting to a piping bag fitted with a star shaped piping tip. Pipe the buttercream onto the cupcakes. Decorate with the chocolate sprinkles, if using. Alternatively, you can use an offset spatula to apply your frosting to your cupcakes.
Recipe Notes
*Please check the nutritional labels to assure that you are sticking to your diet restrictions for any substitutions used.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
Also, please see the actual recipe post for further details on this recipe. Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used. See thesugarfreediva.com for details on this recipe.
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Nutrition
Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 314mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 292IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
Please note: Nutritional data has been calculated using a tool that comes with this recipe card and not by me. This means that Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that you use. The accuracy of this tool may differ from other tools as expected. Also note that there is no instructional value to the video that may be attached to this recipe. It is only there for visual pleasure. For more information about the images in this recipe, please refer the the recipe instructions. Thank you!
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