Allergy-Free Cupcakes
Makes 1 dozen cupcakes
(eggs, fish, gluten, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat free)
1 cup rice flour
½ cup potato starch
½ cup tapioca starch
½ tsp. xanthan gum
2 tsp. Rumford ® baking powder
½ tsp. kosher salt
1 cup pure cane sugar
½ cup sunflower oil (or other compatible oil)
½ cup water
½ cup unsweetened apple sauce
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Mix all dry ingredients (first seven listed) together with a wire whisk.
In a separate bowl, whisk the (remaining four) wet ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir well. Spoon the batter evenly into twelve lined muffin tins, and bake for 25 minutes. Cool completely and decorate with Cake, Cupcake, and Cookie Frosting from our recipe book and jelly beans, chocolate chips or any of your favorite fun things. This recipe yields one dozen cupcakes.
Cake, Cupcake, and Cookie Frosting
½ cup Spectrum ® palm oil shortening
½ cup Earth Balance ® butter substitute
3 cups powdered sugar
Up to ½ cup rice milk, at room temperature
With an electric mixer, blend the shortening and butter substitute together until creamy. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, while still blending. If the icing appears too thick, add a little rice milk, a teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved.
At this stage, spoon out a little extra icing to add coloring into for decorating later, if desired.
Tip: If you're sensitive to artificial food colorings, try this:
For pink icing, use beet juice; for purple, use fresh Bing cherry juice or blueberry juice. For a “carrot” color, you can use a small amount or annatto powder heated with a little water.
Recipes Copyright © 2010 by Sharissa Greer. Photograph Copyright © 2010 by Sharissa Greer.
Also available from the same author :
Allergy-Free For Mommy And Me: Everyday Recipes for Families with Multiple Food Allergies
Source:
Greer, Sharissa. Allergy-Free For Mommy And Me: Everyday Recipes for Families with Multiple Food Allergies. Sharissa Greer 1st Edition, 2009.
www.allergyfreemom.com
