Here is the healthy cupcake recipe that won’t let you down.
Cupcakes so soft and fluffy…
No one will ever guess that they’re low-fat!
I went through five or six attempts before finally achieving the results I wanted: a “no-fail” healthy vanilla cupcake recipe that both health-food eaters and junk-food eaters will love.
Above, a skinny vanilla cupcake with Healthy Glaze Icing.
You can have fun with this recipe: keep it simple, or add just a few ingredients to make blueberry cupcakes, red velvet cupcakes, or even chocolate-chip cupcakes. Everyone should keep a good basic cupcake recipe in his or her arsenal.
Can be sugar-free, too!
Skinny Vanilla Cupcakes
(makes 9-10 cupcakes)
Or click if you’d prefer: Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes.
- 1 cup spelt flour, or white flour, or Arrowhead Mills gf mix (140g)
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ener g powder, or 1 tbs ground flaxmeal
- 4 tbsp xylitol or sugar (54g)
- 2 Nunatural stevia packets (or 2 extra tbsp sugar)
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup plain or vanilla yogurt of choice (Silk or SoDelicious both work) (230g)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice (60g)
- 3 tbsp coconut or veg oil (can omit, but the cupcakes will be a bit gummy) (36g)
- add 1/2 tsp xanthan gum if using the gf mix
Preheat oven to 350 F, and grease muffin tins. Combine all wet ingredients with the energ or flax, and stir vigorously. In a separate bowl, combine all remaining dry ingredients, and mix very well. Pour wet into dry, and mix until just combined (don’t overmix). Cook 18-20 minutes, then let sit at least 10 before removing from muffin tins.
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Hey! I was planning to make some of these for tommorrow and was wondering if it would still turn out O.K. if i didn’t use yougurt. 🙂
could i use greek yoghurt? It’s all i have!
Tried this recipe yesterday and loved it!
I am going to try this recipe for some Easter cupcakes but I am confused. There is no water listed in the recipe but in the nutritional info it has instructions to use water/ flax instead of an egg…. Do I need to mix 3 tbsof water with ten flax or not? Thanks.
How do you store your cupcakes? These and the chocalate version? I am making for my sons fifth birthday party this weekend. Thanks!! Cant wait!!
Fridge after a day. They can also be frozen! 🙂
Didn’t work very well =( I tried making them and followed the recipe but added an egg… And they sunk in the middle.
Too bad!! I was really excited to try and make a nice healthy vanilla cupcake =(
If you added an egg, you didn’t follow the recipe :(.
But didn’t other people say they used an egg?
What would you recommend to substitute for yogurt/soy yogurt? I need to make these for a party and don’t have either. Thanks
Lemon cake!!!!
Hey Katie!! Will try this recipe now!!
I was wondering how you get that glazy / glossy look on the cupcakes… Mine never come out glossy… Do you add a separate glaze to the top or what xD
this is amazing , my teacher said I need to work out how many g are in a cupcake and this helped me.
THANK YOU !!!!
my cupcakes cake out SUPER GOOEY. I did a few changes. please help me adjust the mix..as I am trying to fix it :/ I have a super thick fudge like consistency batter.
Heres what I did:
I used plain greek yogurt instead of yogurt
half apple sauce and half coconut oil. My cupcakes are gooey but fine all around on the outside
Is there a substitute for the yogurt?
I’m actually making them right now, and i’ve mixed in the flour and yogurt mix, and it still looks kind of yogurt-y…. i’m scared they won’t turn out perfect for tonight’s dinner :/
Is it just me or does the ingredient list simply say 1 Tbsp ground flax, and nowhere am I reading that it calls for “an egg/chia egg/flax egg”, nor is this step listed in the instructions.
what am I missing?
Hello! What is a subsitute for the ground flaxmeal?
Ground chia would work, or energ egg replacer powder will also work.
Can I just use 1 egg instead of the ener g powder or ground flaxmeal? Thank you!
You can sub the oil with applesauce! Works perfectly in all white/yellow cake and muffin recipes I’ve used. No gummy texture 🙂
Those vanilla cupcakes look awesome. I have a question, what is ener g powder? Would that be an egg replacer?
Yes.