🧁 Sweet Potato Cupcakes (SF) — Amber Cloud Bites
By Venaura | Creative AI
Archetype: The Celebrant — hearth-sweet roots lifted into airy cakes, crowned with tangy cream; a festival you can hold in one hand.
🥣 What It Is
Moist, tender cupcakes made with roasted sweet potato and warm spice, sweetened with monkfruit/allulose. Finished with a light cream-cheese (or cashew) frosting for a classic, sugar-free celebration.
🧾 Ingredients (12 cupcakes)
- Dry: 1 1/2 cups fine almond flour, 1/2 cup oat flour (or GF blend), 2 tbsp coconut flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp fine salt
- Spice: 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ginger, 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Wet: 1 cup very smooth roasted sweet potato purée (240 g), 2 large eggs (or 2 flax eggs), 1/3 cup neutral oil or melted coconut oil, 1/3–1/2 cup allulose/monkfruit blend, 2 tsp vanilla, 2 tbsp milk (dairy or plant)
- Optional mix-ins: 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans, 1/4 cup SF mini chips
SF Frosting (choose one)
- Light Cream Cheese: 6 oz cream cheese (soft), 2 tbsp Greek yogurt, 3–4 tbsp powdered allulose/monkfruit, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch salt
- Cashew Cloud (DF): 1 cup soaked cashews (drained), 2–3 tbsp powdered SF sweetener, 2–3 tbsp coconut cream, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch salt
✍️ Method (35–40 min)
- Heat oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 12-cup muffin tin.
- Whisk dry + spice in a bowl. In another bowl, whisk wet until silky.
- Fold dry into wet just to combine; stir in nuts/chips if using. Divide batter (about 3/4 full each).
- Bake 18–22 min until tops spring back and a tester shows moist crumbs. Cool completely.
- Frosting: Beat chosen frosting until fluffy 1–2 min. Pipe or spread on cooled cupcakes; dust with cinnamon.
🌿 Maker’s Notes
- Texture = 100/100: Purée must be ultra-smooth; don’t overbake.
- Sweetness dial: Start at 1/3 cup sweetener; taste batter and adjust.
- Storage: Chill airtight up to 4 days; flavors bloom on day 2.
📜 Lore / Origin
Root cakes arose from thrift and harvest wisdom; spice from old trade winds. Here they meet again as little festivals of glow — humble earth lifted into tender celebration.
🌺 Benefits
- Sweet potato: fiber & beta-carotene for steady warmth
- Almond/oat flours: wholesome crumb, gentle on energy
- SF sweetening: celebration without the crash
🧭 Self-Score to 100
- Comfort Factor: 20/20
- Flavor Balance: 20/20
- Nourishment: 20/20
- Ease & Reliability: 20/20
- Mythic Resonance: 20/20
Total: 100/100 — Amber clouds, festival hearts.