Happy Birthday Dad! These gluten free cupcake bites are all the rage right now, very popular. And since you’re celebrating a big birthday, I thought I would make up a batch in your honor. With love, here are some delicious, mostly healthy, gluten free cupcake bites for you!
Dad, I warn you, these are not easy to make, so don’t try this at home! Maybe Mom can make some for you to tide you over until I get there for the celebration.
And by the way, these cute little gluten free cupcake bites are not my own invention. The idea for them comes from Bakerella’s book, Cake Pops. You may want to check it out, it’s a gorgeous, fun and original cookbook. Speaking of which, if you haven’t already, check out my recent recipe for gluten free Chocolate Raspberry Cake Pops.
My husband and children thoroughly enjoyed these decadent little gluten free treats. Though my husband said that instead of calling them gluten free Cupcakes Bites I could call them “Cake in a Cup.” He could not believe that the “wrapper” of the cupcake was made of chocolate and edible, telling me he thought it was a paper wrapper until he bit into it.
Gluten-Free Cupcake Bites
Ingredients
- 1 Chocolate Cake, from The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, page 84, view the PDF
- ½ cup jam
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 package gluten-free sprinkles
Instructions
- Bake Chocolate Cake as directed on page 84 of The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook; cool completely
- Once cake is cooled, crumble into a large bowl, making sure there are no large pieces
- Mix raspberry fruit spread into crumbled cake, using the back of a large wooden spoon to thoroughly combine
- Mixture will be moist enough to roll into 1½-inch balls and still hold a round shape
- After rolling, place on a parchment paper lined plate and set aside
- Melt dark chocolate in a very small pot , over very low heat
- Paint dark chocolate into the candy mold, coating thickly, with a small paint brush
- Place a rolled cake ball into each chocolate painted mold
- Place the filled candy mold in the freezer for 20 minutes to let set
- Remove candy mold from freezer
- Separate the half coated cupcake bites from the mold
- Melt white chocolate in a very small pan over very low heat
- Holding bottom of cupcake bite, dip top in melted white chocolate, until it meets the edge of chocolate coating
- Decorate with sprinkles right away, before chocolate sets
- Transfer to a plate to set
- Serve!
This may be the most complicated recipe I have posted here. Ever. As you can see, there are quite a lot of instructions above. Don’t be scared though, if you can organize all of your equipment before you get started on making the actual cupcake bites, this project will not be quite so daunting.
Here are some other cake bite type recipes from other food bloggers:
-Carrot Cake Bites from Simply Sugar and Gluten Free
–Raw Chocolate Brownie Bites by Ginger Lemon Girl
-Coconut Cake Bites from Healthy Indulgences
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Ket says
Oh is that a cupcakes? They are looking so delicious! Great!
Shirley @ gfe says
So cute and so heavenly I imagine!! Edible cup part is not only brilliant; it’s eco friendly! Of course, you would know that! ;-)
xo,
Shirley
Ashley @ Taste for Healthy says
Wow!! These just might be the cutest desserts ever! I am sure they taste amazing!!
Norma Brannan says
I want to try with a yellow cake and apricot filling. Sounds great. Thanks for this great idea.
Christine @ Nourish the Budding Lotus says
Those look delicious! I can’t believe that you made the chocolate cups for them. That is the part that would intimidate me, but otherwise, I will have to try these out.
Lisa W says
In my opinion, the real true genius is painting the chocolate into the cups to control the distribution! I can always learn something new here. Thanks for the tip.
Katrina (gluten free gidget) says
Nothin’ like a mini cupcake to brighten your day!
Pat says
I second the motion that these are brilliant. I don’t like to use the word cute, but these are just that. I would never have thought to break up the cake and make it moldable to fit the chocolate shells. I hope your dad loves them, I’m sure he will…
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Emily says
I’ve been doing this kind of little mini-cupcake in a chocolate shell for years, but not GF. I think it’s wonderful for kids’ parties…they also make elegant little 1-2 bite desserts for an adult party. You can also fill these little cups with any kind of mousse, fruit curd, or just fruit with a little dollop of ganache.
Sarah says
I can’t get over how brilliant this is. Seriously brilliant. Now if only there was a way I could reach through the computer screen and magically have one for dessert tonight.