Darshana Thacker Wendel
Darshana Thacker Wendel is a whole-food, plant-based chef and former culinary projects manager for Forks Over Knives. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, she is the author of Forks Over Knives: Flavor! She created the recipes for Forks Over Knives Family and was a lead recipe contributor to the New York Times bestseller The Forks Over Knives Plan. Her recipes have been published in The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health, and LA Yoga magazine online. Visit DarshanasKitchen.com and follow her on Instagram for more.
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I’ve made these delicious cupcakes several times now. Here’s what I’ve learned:
1. Do not bother straining the strawberry pulp. Skip that time consuming step and just use the pureed berries, seeds and all.
2. Double the frosting recipe! Trust me on this one.
3. Forget Sorghum flour. Just add extra oat flour.
4. Unless you’re planning to eat all the cupcakes right away, top with a whole blueberry instead of sliced strawberries. The strawberries tend to get watery if they sit for too long.
Enjoy!
would love to give these a try. what are the calories for one muffin?
Good recipe I am impressed and didn’t know the power of strawberries before trying this recipe. If you live in higher altitude like me (New Mexico) and can’t find sorghum flour I recommend using almond or cassava (1 cup). Adding more oatmeal just makes it soft and not “cupcakey”. The frosting tastes delicious, and I suggest adding a little bit more almond to make it more stiff and leaving it overnight in the fridge before frosting the cupcakes.
These sound delish! Could I use honey instead of maple syrup, and would it be the same amount?
If I cannot find sorghum flour can I substitute oat flour for the sorghum flour? So I’d add 1 1/4 cup of oat flour and 3/4 cups of sorghum flour.
Google says oat flour is the closest substitute. You can also buy sorghum flour on Amazon.
is there a substitute for sorghum flour?
Can this be made as one cake instead of cupcakes?