Coconut Flour Cupcakes - Lavender/Lemon

In searching for a coconut flour muffin/cupcake recipe, I noticed that most of them had a very similar ingredient list that included 6 eggs.  While I'm all for the protein and structure that eggs provide, I found the results to be almost too "eggy"  and after a short time, the muffins began to "sweat" like an egg white meringue does.   One cupcake recipe also called for 6 T of coconut oil and several reviews stated that the cupcakes came out "oily".  I decided to take a chance and cut back a bit on the eggs and the oil.  The result was a pretty decent cupcake if I do say so myself.  They aren't going to rise and get a domed top like a gluten based cupcake will, but the "crumb and texture" of the cake itself is 4-H worthy I think.  The addition of some of my favorite cupcake flavors, lemon and lavender, worked really well with the coconut and honey!

Coconut Flour Cupcakes - Lavender/Lemon
Yields 8 - 10 cupcakes

1/2 cup coconut flour (fluff it up in the bag, measure by scoop and sweep, sift into bowl)
5 eggs at room temperature
6 T. raw honey
5 T. coconut oil or butter (I used melted coconut oil)
2 T. coconut milk at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp organic dried lavender flowers
1 tsp lemon zest (I used Meyer lemons)
1 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and put liners into muffin pan.  (I used these although parchment liners work well too.)

Mix coconut flour and eggs until smooth (I used a hand mixer).  Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Pour into prepared liners, about 3/4 full.  I ended up with 10 cupcakes.  Bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in cupcake comes out clean.


I frosted these with a Paleo Lemon Mousse from Empowered Sustenance the basis of which is an amazing Lemon Curd.  I think the Lemon Curd  alone would make a great cupcake topping too.


(A Fitting Note about Coconut Flour and Poop: After testing a few recipes and also making a batch of my favorite coconut flour based Banana Nut Muffins, I have discovered an unpleasant consequence...coconut flour in high quantities is extremely constipating to me.  I will probably have to limit these muffins and treats to one per week for now...sadness.)