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Low-Carb Star Wars Cupcake

Star Wars Cupcake

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Author Andy

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3 tbs low-fat cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cooking soda
  • 1/3 cup Swerve Sweetener
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla seeds
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Cocoa cream

  • 124 g cream cheese
  • 500 g Swerve Sweetener ground to powder
  • 4 tsp low-fat cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp almond milk or any other kind of milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • salt
  • 1 tsp of konjac flour to thicken

Marzipan figures

  • Sugar-free marzipan

Instructions

  1. 1. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, add the butter, the milk and the eggs, stir until combined.
  2. 2. Spoon the dough in muffin cups and bake for 18-20 minutes at 220 °C (350°F). Check them often to make sure they don’t get burned.
  3. 3. When done, remove the muffin tin from the oven and wait until the cupcakes cool.
  4. 4. While cooling, prepare the cocoa cream. Mix the dry ingredients, add the cream cheese and a touch of milk. Stir until the lumps are gone. If it’s not thick enough you can add a bit of konjak flour or starch.
  5. 5. Fill a piping bag with the cream and apply it carefully on the cool cupcakes.
  6. 6. You can decorate them with sugar-free marzipan. See the recipe here.