Coconut Banana Bean Cake

I made these for Preschool snack day tomorrow.  Turned out really good!

#GlutenFree #NoSugar #KidsSnacks

Healthy Chocolate Doughnuts made with Garbanzo Beans and Avocado! (White sugar free and gluten free)

After I made those healthy chocolate cupcakes last week, I decided to test them out as mini doughnuts!  I thought the texture could lend well to a cake doughnut.  The first thing I did was order a perfect pan for my cupcakes. I love THIS PAN so much, I ordered a 2nd one today!

My recipe made enough for 3 dozen of these mini doughnuts.

Aren't they so cute!?

I followed my recipe.  The only variation was that I added a little bit more rice flour just to make the batter a little thicker.  Then I piped it into the pan with a piping bag.  Cooked for 15 minutes at 375 and out popped perfect doughnuts!

When they were done, I dipped them in a few chocolate wafers melted with a bit of coconut oil.  I had some sprinkles in the cupboard, so I added them for flare. The baby ate 5 of them before I even put chocolate on them.  They are yummy without frosting, but once I added the flare, the 8 year old and Papa both ate some too.  They got thumbs up all around! 

I'm thinking some version of these are going to the next preschool snack day!

Garbonzo Bean Yellow Cake recipe for preschool snack day. (dairy free and gluten free)

For Valentine's snack at preschool I decided to try to create a healthier cupcake.  This is what I came up with! It was a hit with the toddlers and the parents! We have a dairy allergy at preschool so this recipe is also Dairy free, but where it says vegan butter you can always use regular butter if that is not a concern)

 
1 can drained and rinsed Garbanzo beans (approx 2 cups)
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup coconut oil melted and cooled
3/4 cup of Organic coconut sugar
2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup rice flour (or whole wheat flour if you don't worry about gluten free)
 
Blended all together in my Ninja mixer until lump free. Pour about 3/4 full in cupcake cups and cook at 350 for 15-17 mins. (Until passes toothpick test)
The variation I did for snack was I used 1/3 cup honey instead of coconut sugar, I used white beans, 5 eggs, and I used Wheat flour.  The re-work was yummy even for adults in the house. 

The frosting is just 3 TBLS of vegan butter and 3 TBLSP of coconut oil with about 1 cup powder sugar and 2 TBLSP of coco powder mixed until fluffy.  A few splashes of fruit juice to thin as needed.

Healthy Chocolate Cupcakes made with Garbanzo Beans and Avocado! (White sugar free and gluten free)

1 can of Garbanzo Beans (Drained and rinsed thoroughly) 

4 eggs

6 oz (1/2 can) of 100% apple juice concentrate (Melted) 

1/4 cup of honey (Increase to up to 1 cup if you prefer a sweeter cake, but I liked it fine like this) 

1/2 avocado

1/4 cup coconut oil melted and cooled
2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup rice flour

1/2 cup coco powder

Blended all together in my Ninja mixer until lump free. (I used a Ninja, you could use a vitamix or a food processor) 

Blended all of the wet ingredients first and then mixed all of the dry ingredients in a bowl and added to the blender.  

Blended until smooth.  

 

Pour about 3/4 full in cupcake cups and cook at 350 for 18-19 mins. (Bake until toothpick comes out clean)

The kids had no idea that I made these any different from a chocolate cake.  Sylvia and JR both ate one and asked for more right away! 

I frosted them with a simple frosting made with coconut oil, a couple TBLSPs of Butter, coco powder and a little powder sugar.  (So the frosting did technically have regular sugar in it, but the baby liked them just fine un-frosted.  I think the 8 year old expects to see frosting on a cupcake, but it was so little, I don't think it can hurt.)