In honor of Celiac Awareness Month, I have decided to make May my own personal cupcake month. Today’s post is Jelly Donut (or Doughnut) Cupcakes, and I’m going to attempt to do a gluten free cupcake recipe every time I post in May –wish me luck!
These gluten free Jelly Donut Cupcakes are filled with yummy raspberry jam and oozing with fruity goodness. My husband liked them so much that he took the entire batch to his office to (hopefully) share with his co-workers. That is saying a lot since my sweetie is more of a chocolate guy than a fruity, vanilla type.
Jelly Donut Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup applesauce
- ½ cup grapeseed oil or palm shortening
- ½ cup agave nectar or honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup raspberry jam
- 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
- 2 tablespoons xylitol
Instructions
- In a food processor combine eggs, applesauce, grapeseed oil, agave and vanilla and pulse together
- Pulse in coconut flour, salt and baking soda
- Allow batter to sit and thicken just a bit
- To prepare filling, combine raspberry jam and arrowroot powder in a small bowl and stir vigorously
- Next, line a muffin pan with unbleached paper liners
- Spoon 2 heaping tablespoons cupcake batter into each cupcake liner
- Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon of jam mixture (on top of batter) into each cupcake liner
- Spoon another tablespoon of batter onto cupcakes to cover jam mixture
- Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes
- Remove cupcakes from oven and allow to cool for 20 minutes
- Spoon a scant ½ teaspoon of xylitol "sugar" onto top of each cupcake
- Cool and serve
Just a tip about getting the xylitol “sugar” to adhere to the cupcakes –allowing the cupcakes to cool for 20 minutes allows the sugar to stick without melting into the cupcakes completely. If you wait until the cupcakes are completely cool, then the “sugar” will not stick and will just roll off.
My children enjoyed these cupcakes as much as my husband did. They thought the “sugar” on top was really neat. Some people (like myself) cannot digest xylitol very well. For those types, you may wish to omit the xylitol topping from a couple of the cupcakes.
I have more fabulous cupcake recipes in my cookbooks, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook and Gluten-Free Cupcakes that you might like! I also have lots of free cupcake recipes on this website.
This beloved cupcake recipe is nut-free. If you are in need of more nut-free recipes, check out my Nut-Free Recipes page.
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Linda says
Note to self – if using oil (instead of shortening), omit the applesauce. The batter was runny. I did not do that and these did not bake completely within the suggested time. They needed 10 extra minutes in the oven. And reduce honey to 1/3 cup.
Elana says
Linda, thank you so much for your comment.
Lauren says
What does the xylitol do? Can I sub with something else?
Elana says
Lauren, that is the sweetener. Feel free to experiment and if you do I hope you’ll let me know what works :-)
Laura Vazquez says
Is this SCD legal?
Elana says
Laura, no it’s not. Here’s a link to my SCD recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/specific-carbohydrate-diet/
Enjoy!
Elana
Maxine says
Just popped these in the oven. I only had enough batter for 1 tablespoon on bottom and one on top. Not 2 on the bottom. Can’t figure out what I did wrong.
Elana says
Maxine, it could be any number of things. First thing I’m wondering about would be the size of eggs used. Happy to help you troubleshoot this so that it is perfect :-)
Nancy says
Can you use coconut oil instead?
I love your recipes.
Elana says
Nancy, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Joy Davids says
I have used coconut oil and they come out great!
Elana says
Joy, thanks so much!
Courtney N. says
Okay. True story. I make these once a week. My husband despises anything jelly, so I made the first batch, begged him to try, and he didn’t like them. I started making 9 cupcakes for my sons and me with the jelly, and then 3 for him without. He loved them! When I ran out of jelly, I thought, “Well, my husband eats these without, so let me try it…” and low and behold, I have made them quite a few times without the jelly, and they still are good! My boys gobble them up just the same! Thank you for a wonderful recipe; even without a main ingredient they are still good!
Elana says
Courtney, thanks for your wonderful comment and for letting me know this is a wonderful recipe. I’m so happy to hear that your family gobbles these up :-)
dajung says
Dear Elana,
Hello. This is Dajung who loves your most of recipes.
Am I able to share your recipes in Korean (translate your recipes to Korean and repost to my blog)??
(include photos)
Because In Korean, we don’t have much information and desert recipes for keto dieters. Of course I will link to the original content URL on each post.
Please let me know it is okay or not.
Thanks always!
Elana says
Hi Dajung! Thanks for your comment. I would be so happy if you would share my recipes in Korean, reposting them to your blog with a link back to the original content URl on each post. I want everyone in the world to have healthy food that’s easy to make :-)
Jelly Gamat Obat Sirup says
Thank you so much for your help and for replying to my question. I made your bread 2.0 yesterday and this week I will be making these cupcakes! I love your site and it has been such a help to my health.
Elana says
You’re welcome!
stephanie says
Is there any substitute for the coconut flour? I know it’s very absorbent therefore unique.
Elana says
Stephanie, I haven’t tried that so not sure. For more info on coconut flour please see this post:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-baking-almond-flour-vs-coconut-flour/
Enjoy!
Elana