My first proper Autumnal recipe of the season! I LOVE using pumpkin puree in my bakes and I also love making raw protein balls with it but that’s another recipe! I find ‘baking buddy natural pumpkin puree’ the best and easiest to use and you can find it in Tesco. So for this particular recipe I actually started out with my carrot cake muffin recipe that I have been working on in order to perfect it, but then I though, why not add pumpkin!? What gave these little treats such a lovely taste was holy lama vanilla and cinnamon spice drops… They really do taste like Autumn!
Now these you can enjoy with or without the vanilla icing- it depends whether or not you want to have them as a healthy snack or a bit of a treat- or it can just be down to how sweet you would like them to taste.
Ingredients (makes 8)
- 2 cups of wholemeal self raising flour
- 1/2 cup of ground almonds
- 1/3 cup of coconut sugar (I used thecoconutcompany)
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 medium egg (of flax seed egg for vegan option)
- 2 tablespoons of melted coconut oil
- 1 cup of cashew milk
- 1 cup of pumpkin puree
- 1 carrot (grated)
- 1 medium mashed banana
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 3 drops of holy lama cinnamon spice
Icing
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 drop of holy lama vanilla spice
- 1 tablespoon of cashew milk
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius and prepare a cupcake tray with 8 cupcake holders (can use paper ones or silicon moulds).
- In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, ground almonds and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, mash your banana, and add the egg, melted coconut oil, vanilla essence and cinnamon spice. Add this to the dry ingredients.
- Then gradually add your cashew milk, stirring as you go along to combine all the ingredients.
- Now, depending on whether or not you prefer a pumpkin filling or you want to mix all the pumpkin in together, add either half a cup or the full cup to the mix. The half you choose not to use will be a filling for the muffins.
- Lastly, add the grated carrot and stir in gently.
- If you’ve chosen to go for a pumpkin filled muffin then spoon some mixture into each cupcake mould (only half full) then place a little scoop of pumpkin on top (as shown in the picture). If you’ve chosen to mix all the pumpkin in then simply spoon your mixture evenly into each cupcake mould.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before icing.
For the icing
- Mix all ingredients into a bowl- if you wanted more of a glaze than an icing then add a little more milk or water to the mixture.
These will last for up to 5 days. Keep them sealed (either in an airtight box or clingfilm) refrigerated.
Enjoy!
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