The perfect way to use extra sweet potato: Healthy Sweet Potato Cupcakes with protein! These make a great high protein breakfast or snack.
I have been eating more sweet potato lately, and I was curious to see how it would bake up in a protein cake. Since sweet potato is a dense, wet ingredient, I paired it with whey protein (with vegan protein powder we'd need egg whites to get some rise, and even then it would likely be too dense of a cake). A great combination!
The frosting here is made from raw cashews, similar to my Cashew Whipped Cream. Here I am sweetening it with toffee flavored stevia and adding some ground cinnamon. A great topping to these Healthy Sweet Potato Cupcakes!
I have made these a number of times already, since they are so easy and taste great. Even unfrosted, they are delicious! Give these Healthy Sweet Potato Cupcakes a try!
🥣 Recipe
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup natural vanilla whey protein powder 90g
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour 14g
- 1 cup cooked sweet potato 150g
- 2 tablespoons filtered water 30ml
- 1 teaspoon baking powder 5ml
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt 0.6ml
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon 0.6ml
Frosting:
- 1 cup raw cashews 122g, soaked in filtered water for 4 hours or more
- ⅓ cup filtered water 80ml
- ¼ teaspoon toffee stevia 1.2ml
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon 0.6ml, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
- Blend all cake ingredients until smooth.
- Pour into 6 small silicone muffin cups.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, just until firm and a toothpick comes out clean. Do not over-bake!
- Meanwhile rinse and drain cashews.
- Blend cashews with remaining frosting ingredients until smooth.
- Place frosting in the freezer to cool a bit while your cupcakes finish baking.
- Remove cupcakes from oven, and let cool.
- Frost, and enjoy!
- Store in the refrigerator.
Notes
For an unfrosted cupcake, the macros are: Prot: 12g, Carbs: 9g (Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g), Fat: 1g, Cal: 93.
Andréa
Welcome, Andrea! I'm glad you found us! :)
Andréa
Hi Andrea,
The one we link to here is a 4.8 lb container, so per pound it's actually a great price.
Hope that clears up the confusion!
Best,
Andréa
Andrea Williams
I am diabetic and I'm trying to eat right and I'm trying to get all my proteins and stuff in a different way and my daughter she needs to eat gluten free stuff as well
Andrea Williams
Hello Andrea
What is thenatural vanilla whey protein powder is so high in price
Andréa
Great! :)
Alexis
Hi Andrea! I just made these for Thanksgiving with 3 tablespoons of ww pastry, and they are sooo good! Thanks so much for the help! :)
Andréa
Hi Alexis,
Thanks for writing in! Yes, you can make the substitution but you'd probably need 4 tablespoons oat flour or 3 tablespoons whole wheat pastry flour. The coconut flour is a bit more drying than those. Let me know how it goes!
:)
Andréa
Alexis
Hi Andrea! First I have to say how much I LOVE this blog!!!! I was wondering if for this recipe I could sub oat flour or ww pastry flour for the coconut flour? Thanks!