I got a craving for cupcakes last night and since I can’t just go out and buy one (who am I kidding, a dozen) from the grocery store – I had to go make some. After sending my husband to the store for eggs – I got started.
Recipe:
1 cup oil
1 1/4 cup sugar
5 egg whites
2/3 cup milk
1 1/2 cup cornstarch
2 tsps baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt 2 tsps vanilla
3 1/8 tsps of guar gum
Preheat oven to 350.
In a medium size bowl, mix the oil with the sugar.
Add the egg whites. Mix well for several minutes. Add the other ingredients. Beat well. The batter will thicken a bit during the mixing process. Pour into the prepared muffin pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes
I wanted a little bit something extra to the cupcakes so I also added some Reese 
Peanut Butter Chips to the middle of each cupcake. These cupcakes were made with only using corn starch – so no obscure flours to find or any premixes to prepare. They were not as fluffy as some other GF cupcakes, not as airy, but very tasty (from all that oil they were nice and moist!)
After letting them cool enough – I made up some chocolate frosting – I did not make this recipe CF this time – but substituting the butter for CF margarine and the milk with Almond (or rice or soy) milk and carob powder in place of the cocoa powder will work the same way.
Recipe:
3/4c butter
3c icing sugar
2tbs vanilla extract
1/2c milk
2tbs cocoa powder
Soften the butter and mix with rest of ingredients using a hand mixer until smooth.
The cupcakes turned out really well and took care of my craving. The kids ate them up as well – they were a nice treat!
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