Comments on: Not Your Usual Chocolate Cupcakes!

By: alex

alex — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:08:00 +0000

this cupcake came out lovly and thankyou for this website

You’re welcome Alex.

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:27:36 +0000

My son’s first birthday is coming up and I need an eggless cupcake recipe…I’m thinking of using this one. The one thing is that in addition to an egg allergy he has a mild wheat allergy. I was thinking of using oat flour, will that work? I’ve never made him any kind of baked good before, so I haven’t yet started experimenting with wheat flour substitutions. Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Hi Ana, I’m not sure if oat flour alone will work because it does not have gluten, so the cupcakes will not rise. I think addition of xanthan gum is required. I’m not familiar with gluten free baking. Check the following website which have gluten free recipes and try my egg substitution ideas in those recipes.
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/

By: Tamara

Tamara — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:32:26 +0000

I just made the “not your usual cupcakes” and they were fantastic. With a toddler with an egg allergy I am always looking for egg free recipes but I loved the protein in these AND I am not a fan of sugar(my poor kids:)), so I halved the sugar, using just 3/4 cup and they were plenty sweet- and even healthier! I also used applesauce for the prune puree, which is my usual egg substitute as we always have plenty of it on hand.
Thanks for the recipe.

You’re welcome Tamara. I also try to reduce the quantity of sugar, so it’s nice to know that these cupcakes taste good even with less sugar.

By: Sadhana

Sadhana — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:38:21 +0000

Madhu
YOu can use Chia seeds for eggs, they work very well and very nutrious too. For 1 egg, use 1 tables spoon Chia seeds and 3 tablespoons water. Soak them for 10-15 mins and they will gel. Use this as a egg replacer and they come out really well.

That’s new to me Sadhana. I’ll check it out. Thanks.

By: sheetal

sheetal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:27:10 +0000

hi.
i saw your ingredients for the cupcakes.
i have a small and easy question?
*what can we use instead of prune puree(can we use the prune puree avaliable in babyfood section)
*second question is wht to substitue black beans with.
pls if u have any idea of doing the cake without using pls tell me. i want a substitute for beans.

Hi Sheetal, yes you can use the prune puree available in baby food section. I used that one too. Reg. substitute for beans, maybe you can try using 1 and 1/2 cups of unsweetened applesauce.

By: Bharti

Bharti — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:52:17 +0000

Amazing stuff…I can’t imagine black beans in a cupcake, will give it a shot sometime. Hapy New Year!

By: Navita

Navita — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +0000

they sure taste yum!

By: Vidya

Vidya — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:05:52 +0000

Madhu, i was in india for a month and didn’t get to check your blog. Just came back few days back and want to say that i love all the recipes that you have posted in december, especially the sneaky ones My toddler is going thro’ a very picky phase now and am sure some of them will help me stay sane You rock girl!

Thank you very much Vidya. I guess all toddlers are alike at least in this aspect! Have a wonderful New Year!

By: Vaishali

Vaishali — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:23:37 +0000

Madhuram, what lovely cupcakes. I’ve heard of brownie and cake recipes before that use prune puree but have never tried it before myself. Now I’m quite inspired!

You don’t taste the prune at all. In the past I had found out that silken tofu and cocoa produced fabulous results. Now I add prune puree also to that list.

By: Sukanya Ramkumr

Sukanya Ramkumr — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:17:25 +0000

Black bean in a muffin. Sound so cool. Healthy muffins, with full body…. Nice try….YUM!

Happy new year!!!!….

Happy New Year to you too Sukanya.