{Guest Post} Organic Cupcakes by Rhiannon
Hello everyone!
Today I am featuring a guest post by one of the ladies in my dance company named Rhiannon.
I was always seeing her posting cupcakes on her Facebook page and I was like hey, why not make something for the blog!
So enough about me, let’s get to Rhiannon!
Sweet Organix: Taste Great…Less Harm!
There are many people in the world who don’t believe that organic food is healthier than the preserved/processed food that we encounter today.
People tend to think it lacks flavor. As believers and supporters of organic food, my husband and I try to educate others about the benefits without the lack of taste.
Although, I eat a lot of organic fruits and vegetables, I have a huge sweet tooth! It runs in my family.
My Bambina ate a lot of sweets. At times, she ate them for dinner. My philosophy is that sweets can taste good and still be healthy. Since organic eating is part of my lifestyle and sweets can be irresistible, I thought…why not combined the two?
I recently tried a cupcake from a local home baker. It was a tasty treat, but way too rich and filling. They weren’t made with organic or all-natural ingredients.
At that point, with inspiration from watching a lot of the cooking shows including “Cupcake Wars”, I decided that I was going to try to create delicious organic homemade cupcakes from scratch. I wanted to produce healthier cupcakes with organic ingredients that people would really enjoy.
Since then, I’ve created and shared several different flavored cupcakes with family and friends. I love seeing them enjoy my healthy sweets! I have recently made cupcakes for a baby shower, a school science fair, and a birthday celebration.
Here is a recipe that was one of my biggest hits!
PISTACHIO PARADISE CUPCAKES
(Use Organic Ingredients)
Pre-heat oven to 350º
For Batter:
- 1 1/4 cups oat flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 sticks butter (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup ground pistachios (ground first and then measured)
- 1 cup milk
Add to your mixing bowl 1 1/4 cups Oat Flour, 2/3 cup of sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 large egg, and 1 ½ sticks of butter. Pour in 3/4 cup ground pistachios. Blend together on low speed for 2 minutes.
Add 1 cup of milk gradually and mix on medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
Pour into cupcake pan and cook for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and place cupcakes on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.
After cooling for 15 minutes, cut the center of the cupcakes in a square shape and pull out the filling. Let cupcakes cool for another 10 minutes and then add filling (make sure the center of cupcake is cool before adding filling).
Simple Buttercream filling:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 stick butter (room temperature)
- 1 teaspooon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon milk
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios
Combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, ¾ stick of butter, 1tsp vanilla, 2 tsp milk, and 1/4 cup of finely chopped pistachios. Mix well on medium speed. Spoon into cupcake center and cover with removed cupcake filling. Whip together on medium speed until smooth.
Frosting:
- 8 ounces whipped cream cheese (room temperature)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 teaspoon milk
Combine 8oz whipped cream cheese, 2 cups of powdered sugar, 1 tsp almond extract, 1 tsp milk. Whip together on medium speed until smooth.
Sprinkle frosted cupcakes with finely chopped pistachios and 2 whole pistachios for decoration in the middle of the cakes.
Makes: 12 standard size cupcakes or 6 jumbo sized cupcakes
Additional photos of my delicious beauties:
Please visit me on Facebook at Rhiannon Gresty. You may also contact me by email at rhiannongresty@gmail.com
Thanks Rhiannon for sharing some of your delicious cupcakes with us! 🙂
28 Comments
Happy Valley Chow
I love pistachios on anything and this recipe sounds delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
RavieNomNoms
Thanks for stopping by!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
How pretty! I love anything with pistachios! Thank you so much for sharing!
RavieNomNoms
I agree! I love pistachios as well!
Renee @ Tortillas and Honey
Welcome Rhiannon! These cupcakes are beautiful! I’ve never seen pistachio cupcakes before and can’t wait to try them. And they’re gluten-free so I can make them for my boyfriend!
Rhiannon
Hello! Thank you! These are truly delish! Hope you and your boyfriend enjoy 🙂
Jack
I have tasted all of Rhiannon’s cupcakes, and I’ve got to say they are simply magnificent. My favorite of them all was the carrot cake! Delicious cupcakes made all natural, is there anything better than that?
Rhiannon
Thank you! 🙂
Nancy/SpicieFoodie
Hi Ravie and Rhiannon! The cupcakes look wonderful. I love pistachios, and the recipe sounds so delicious. Thanks for sharing:)
RavieNomNoms
You are welcome Nancy, thanks for stopping by to see Rhiannon!
Rhiannon
Hello Nancy! Thank you… Enjoy! 🙂
Ramona
I wish I could try each and every one of those delicious looking cupcakes. 🙂 YUM! Great guest post ladies. 🙂
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Ramona! Don’t her cupcakes look lovely 🙂
Monet
Pistachio cupcakes? You know how to win my heart! I love all things pistachio. What a great guest post. Thank you for sharing…both of you!
RavieNomNoms
I know right? Pistachio cupcakes?? DEELISH!
Rhiannon
Hello Monet! Welcome!
My inspiration for these cupcakes was my father- in- law, he LOVES pistachio cake! He called me right after he tried one and thanked me up and down and told me that it was so good, which was super touching as that is totally out of character for him 🙂
Kim - Liv Life
So glad Rhiannon posted!! With a name like Pistachio Paradise, I’m totally in. Love the use of the oat flour, I’m always trying to “health things up”, and oat flour is one of my favorites. Please post again Rhiannon!!
RavieNomNoms
I couldn’t agree more, the cupcakes all look totally amazing! I love oat flour too! So glad to see that Rhiannon uses it as well! 🙂
Gina
People really think that organic doesn’t taste as good. They are missing out, pistachio, oh yeah. Rhiannon’s cupcakes are beautiful. I tried grabbing your feed again, for some reason when I switched readers I’ve been having nothing but problems. Story of my life. Lol.
-Gina-
RavieNomNoms
I agree, some things people go a little overboard with on the organic front…but I don’t think that organic things lack flavor that for sure.
Haha sorry Gina! Hope the reader stops being so testy for you!
Becky
Nice to meet you Rhiannon! Love your pistachio cupcakes, which are beautiful and gluten free! I’ll be trying these soon.
Rhiannon
Hello Becky! Thank you! they were a huge hit around here. My husband who “claims”
to not really be a big sweets person couldn’t keep his hands off Lol…Enjoy 🙂
steph@stephsbitebybite
Oh my! Give me these cupcakes now!
Liz
I love having real life foodie friends! Rhiannon, your cupcakes look marvelous…love that they use oat flour and ground pistachios 🙂
Rhiannon
Thank you Liz! Enjoy 🙂
Tiffany
These pistachio cupcakes made me think of my nana’s pistachio cherry cake. NOM!!!!!!!!!! 😀
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