Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

I get lots of questions about what recipes I use to make my gluten free cupcakes and cakes. So here is my recipe for my gluten free red velvet cupcakes! 

Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients- 

- 2 1/2 cups Cup4Cup Multipurpose Flour Blend

- 1/2 cup unsweetend cocoa powder

- 1 tsp. baking soda 

- 1/2 tsp. salt

- 1 cup butter, softened 

- 2 cups sugar

- 4 eggs

- 1 cup sour cream 

- 1/2 cup milk 

- 1 ounce red food color (or until desired color) 

- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract 

Directions- 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.

2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, and food color, and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until just blended. Do not over beat. Spoon bagged into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.

3. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese frosting. 

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients- 

- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

- 4 oz cream cheese, softened 

- 2 cups powdered sugar 

- 1 tsp. vanilla extract 

Directions-

1. Beat together the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer.

2. With the mixer on low speed, add the powdered sugar a cup at a time until smooth and creamy.

3. Beat in vanilla extract 

 

 

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

So I figured with how much I cook and bake, that I should start posting some of my recipes on here! I always get lots of people asking what recipes I use, especially with my cupcakes. So I'll be posting them on here! First off, roasted sweet potatoes! I'm a BeachBody coach and these are 21 Day Fix approved for those who were curious. They count as one yellow container (carb).

Ingredients-

-Sweet Potatoes (When I meal prep I like them to last for a week, so I use about 5-6 medium/large sweet potatoes)
-About 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
-Salt to taste
-Cinnamon to taste
-Or you can use any other spice or herb (like fresh sage or Rosemary) instead of cinnamon and salt.

Directions-

1. Start by chopping up the sweet potatoes into cubes.

2. Melt the coconut oil and toss the sweet potatoes in it.
3. Sprinkle on desired salt and cinnamon

 
Bake at 425F degrees for 35-45 minutes or until desired softness.

Enjoy! 

 

Thailand Shirts

To help pay for my upcoming missions trip to Pattaya, Thailand, I decided to design some cute, one-of-a-kind T-shirts! Fund the Nations is a company that helps you create custom t-shirts to fundraise for mission trips, adoptions, or other causes. 

This is the Raspberry color! On the front, they have an Aztec patterned Thailand with the word HOPE underneath it. On the back of the shirt it has the verse Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

I'm also offering the design in a dark grey! I have this t-shirt in a different design, and they are super soft! We have adult sizes XS-3X and youth sizes M-L. The shirts are $20, plus $5 if you need them shipped. It is also an additional $2 for sizes 2X and 3X. All net proceeds will go towards my mission trip to Thailand this summer. Please support my trip with these super cute shirts! You can comment below or email me at noelle2madison@yahoo.com with the size and color you want. 

Thailand

So I have some super exciting news..... I'm going to Thailand this summer for 20 days! God definitely works in amazing ways. Even though I didn't pray about it, he knew that I was jealous of all these people fundraising for mission trips this summer. 

So he provided this amazing opportunity for me. Reatha went up to my mom and asked if I would be interested in going with her team this summer, um yeah!! We'll be providing childcare during two conferences, and I get to be in the baby room!!! 

It's amazing how God works since this trip works perfectly between summer school ending and the fall semester starting. I don't who will be joining me or if I'll be going by myself with the team, but I know I'm super excited and it will be amazing! 

I definitely won't be going on any elephants this time around!