Honey Citrus Cupcakes (gluten free) (Edit recipe)

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Did you know you can use your favorite tea to enhance the flavor of your cupcakes? Lavender, hibiscus, lemon, or in this case Honey Citrus

between the tea, honey vanilla buttercream, and orange zest, these are like sunshine in a cupcake! ☀️

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PREP TIME

10 minutes

COOK TIME

15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

Serves: 9

Ingredients

1.25 cup Gluten Free Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
.25 tsp Sea Salt
.5 cup Raw Sugar, organic cane sugar
2 Tbsp Honey
.25 cup Coconut Oil
2 whole Green Tea, Bags of Honey Citrus Green Tea**
1 cup Water, boiling (to steep tea)
1 whole Egg, room temp
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 Tbsp Orange Zest

Honey Vanilla Buttercream

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Process

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Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

Brew your 2 tea bags 5-10 min in 1 cup of water
Whisk dry ingredients
Combine sugar, honey, coconut oil, egg, vanilla, and zest. Then fold into dry
Pour 1/3 cup of finished tea and combined again
Bake 350 for 15 min
Move to cooling rack
Make icing by whipping ingredients together, placing in piping bag, and icing your cupcakes
Top with more orange zest and dried oranges

Notes

I used 2 honey citrus tea bags steeped in 1 cup water, HOWEVER I only use 1/3 cup on the brewed tea for the recipe

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	349
Fat:	17 g
Carbohydrates:	49 g
Protein:	5 g
Cholesterol:	27 g
Sodium:	159 mg
Fiber:	1 g
Sugars:	31 g
Sugar Alcohol:	0 g
Calculated per serving.