Orange, carrot and poppy seed cupcakes

Recipes / Desserts

Whole-orange, gluten-free cupcakes all done in a food processor with minimum effort. What could be easier!

Recipe «Orange, carrot and poppy seed cupcakes» presented in category Recipes / Desserts, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1 large orange, scrubbed, chopped, 1 large carrot, scrubbed, chopped, 100g panela sugar, 120g honey, 60ml light flavour extra virgin olive oil , 2 eggs, 70g Greek yoghurt, 115g buckwheat flour , 90g hazelnut meal, 30g arrowroot, 2 tbsp coconut flour, 1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder, 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda, 2 tbsp poppy seeds, plus extra, to serve, Orange zest, to serve, Thinly sliced hazelnuts, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 1 large orange, scrubbed, chopped 
  • 1 large carrot, scrubbed, chopped 
  • 100g panela sugar 
  • 120g honey 
  • 60ml light flavour extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 eggs 
  • 70g Greek yoghurt 
  • 115g buckwheat flour 
  • 90g hazelnut meal 
  • 30g arrowroot 
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour 
  • 1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder 
  • 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds, plus extra, to serve 
  • Orange zest, to serve 
  • Thinly sliced hazelnuts, to serve 
  • 150g light cream cheese, at room temperature 
  • 70g Greek yoghurt 
  • 2 tsp honey 
  • 1/2 orange, rind finely grated 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Line a 12-hole 80ml (1/3 cup) muffin pan with paper cases.
  2. Process the orange, carrot and sugar in a food processor, scraping down the sides occasionally, until almost smooth.
  3. Add the honey, oil and eggs. Process until well combined. Add the yoghurt and pulse until just combined. Add the buckwheat flour, hazelnut meal, arrowroot, coconut flour, baking powder and bicarb. Process until just combined. Add the poppy seeds. Pulse until just combined. Divide among prepared pans. Bake for 25-28 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool.
  4. For the frosting, use a wooden spoon to beat all ingredients until smooth and combined. Divide frosting among cupcakes. Top with zest, extra poppy seeds and hazelnuts.