Chocolate Orange Cupcakes

Chocolate Orange Cupcakes Ingredients

Cupcakes:2 cups almond flour6 tablespoons cacao powder½ teaspoons baking powder¼ teaspoon sea salt½ cup butter, softened½ cup Keto-friendly sweetener such as monk fruit3 large eggs1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractZest from 1 fresh orangeFrosting:2 cups Keto confectioners’ sugar½ cup butter, softened2 tablespoons plain & unsweetened almond milk1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract1 packet of Real Ketones Lean for Life Prime D Orange BlastOptional: 3 drops each of red & yellow natural food coloring

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.Mix almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and sea salt and in one bowl set aside.Cream butter and monk fruit together with an electric mixer in a separate bowl. Add in eggs, vanilla extract and orange extract and mix together well.Gently mix both bowls together until well-combined.Fill a cupcake tin lined with paper or silicone liners 2/3 full. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick pierced in each center comes out clean.While cupcakes are baking, prepare your frosting by mixing all frosting ingredients together until very creamy.Remove cupcakes from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool completely before frosting and topping with optional minced Keto-friendly dark chocolate.Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.