My Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes are an all-time fan favorite. That’s because they taste incredible and they’re super easy to make! This easy paleo dessert recipe is made with only 7 ingredients. To throw these together all you need is coconut flour, eggs, palm shortening, honey, vanilla, salt, and baking soda. Given that the entire batch of cupcakes contains only 2 tablespoons of honey, they’re also a fantastic low-carb cupcake recipe. If you’ve been wondering how to make vanilla cupcakes, then this easy gluten-free cupcake recipe is your answer!
Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes are perfect for your birthday celebrations. They’re gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, and best of all since they’re made with coconut flour, they’re a nut-free paleo cupcake. Yes, for all of you nut-free folks, this is the perfect nut-free dessert. If you are looking for more nut-free recipes, don’t miss out on my Nut-Free Recipes page.
Frost these incredible Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes with my easy Paleo Chocolate Frosting recipe for your paleo birthday celebrations. I hope you enjoy these Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes as much as we do. They’re quite a treat.
Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes
Ingredients
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ⅛ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 large eggs
- ¼ cup palm shortening
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine coconut flour, salt, and baking soda
- Pulse in eggs, shortening, honey, and vanilla
- Divide batter between 6 cups in a paper lined muffin pan
- Bake at 350°F for 20-24 minutes
- Cool for 1 hour
- Frost with Paleo Chocolate Frosting
- Serve
Equipment
I haven’t tried making this recipe without eggs, so not sure if that will work. If you are on an egg-free diet, check out my Egg-Free Recipes page.
In terms of other substitution questions regarding this recipe, I wish I had a crystal ball and could predict which substitutions would work and which wouldn’t. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet found such a thing! If I did it would save me the 10 rounds or so I do of testing every recipe on this website. The only way I get an answer to a substitution question is to test it. So go for it guys. Test out your substitutions, and after you do, leave a comment so that others can learn from you in this incredible Elana’s Pantry community.
Here are some of my other nut-free paleo dessert recipes for you!
Michelle says
I did try making these with flax eggs and they did not rise well and were somewhat gummy. I made a triple batch with butter instead of the palm shortening and they made a delicious 12 generous cupcakes. Thanks for the great recipe! :)
torimartin5 says
Made these for Christmas, they came out great!
Heidi says
Can I use flax eggs in this recipe? I am allergic to eggs….
Elana says
Heidi, here’s a link to my Egg-Free Recipes for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
Enjoy!
Elana
Tamera says
Elana, I have recently been eating paleo a good bit,(and look up recipes often! ) and let me just say I love your recipes the most! I always click your link first and out of all of the different ones with cookbooks out there yours would be the one i believe i would buy first. (As a matter Of fact i am seriously considering doing so) Because your recipes are always easy, ( fewest ingredients, therefore fewest fuss) usually always turn out wonderful, healthy, and best of all taste great! May God richly bless you for all you are doing to help others eat well.
Jen Heffelfinger says
I just made the cupcakes and they turned out great!!!
angela says
can i omit the shortening, or what can i use instead i dont have butter because that was my second option thank you, also instead of honey can i use stevia? im making for a low carber…
Dani says
Hello! Just curious if this recipe would work as a layer cake? I love cupcakes but sometimes a good old fashioned layer cake is the ticket :) Has anyone tried it, and if so how long did you bake? Standard 35-40ish mins?
Elana says
Dani, here’s a link to my Paleo Vanilla Birthday Cake for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-vanilla-birthday-cake/
Enjoy!
Elana
Tanya says
I can’t wait to try this cupcake recipe. Elana, thank you for sharing. Would these freeze well? If so, any recommendations.
Elana says
Tanya, I haven’t tried that so not sure :-)
Jessica says
I just made these so I could make strawberry shortcake for the 4 th of July!! My daughter and I cut each cupcake into 8ths and put them inside a clear cup…layered stawberries on top with a little cocunut sugar. Last but not least we made some homemade whipped cream for the last layer and a few blue sprinkles to be festive…we didn’t have blueberries or I would have used that instead. Tasted wonderful!
Kendel says
I made the cupcakes and used softened butter in place of the shortening. They came out great, but they stuck to the paper. Any suggestions for next time?