Raw chocolate ingredients cupcakes have a secret: they can be nourishing.

When the celebration of a New Year comes, you want it to be sweet.

Well, in my case, I like it to be delicious yet not toxic or inflammatory.
During the past few years, I have been experimenting quite a lot with raw and traditional baking.

My ultimate goal has been to surpass the rule that you need sugar, butter, cream, palm oil which means bad calories.

So I have been trying to find replacement ingredients. I experimented with avocado, soaked cashews and lately with vegetables. You would not even imagine what vegetables can do.

My secret weapon to get this creamy texture like you have in the most desirable French Pastries for example in the eclair, or Napoleon or Mille Feuilles Noisettes, has been… well I am almost fearing to tell you… Butternut Squash.!

I have been mixing Butter nut squash with Vegetables such as Broccoli, Spinach Kale and they make unbelievable creams.

In the case of these raw cupcakes I just just Butternuts Squash with Soaked cashews, coconut oil and coconut cream.

For the crust:

1/2 cup of 1/2 cup of sprouted Almonds and Hazelnuts slightly roasted
1 tea spoon of Fresh Vanilla Beans
3 Deglet Noor dates soaked into warm water

For the cream:

1 Butter nut Squash Steamed or baked
1 cup and a half of raw organic unpasteurized soaked overnight cashews
1 table spoon of coconut cream
1/4 cup of extra virgin coconut oil
1 tea spoon of Vanilla beans
5 Deglet Noor Dates soaked into warm water
1/4 cup of Hnina’s raw chocolate in the double boiler. Please make sure that the temperature does not rise over 105 F
1/2 cup of sprouted Almonds and Hazelnuts slightly roasted

First put the ingredient for the crust into the food processor. Then apply at the bottom of your mold. Place into the freezer.

Then add all the cream ingredients into the food processor.
You should have a beautiful cream.

I used a Socket to make it look nice. My kids actually made the decoration with me.

I really hope that you try this recipe. Could you please let me know how it goes for you?

Yes I am nuts about chocolate. But I am also nuts about my veggies. They make the most nutritious yet decadent desserts.

My favorite raw chocolate and hazelnuts truffles are Hazelnuts + Almonds and the Pistachios + Hazelnuts to eat with those cupcakes. That’s also why I feel that Hnina may be the best raw chocolate truffles in the world: not only do they noursh you but they are the perfect friend of your raw chocolate and Hazelnuts cupcakes… HTTPS://WWW.HNINAGOURMET.COM/SHOP-ONLINE/#SINGLES

Please see below for further information about:

• The health benefit for butter nut squash: HTTP://WWW.ORGANICAUTHORITY.COM/8-INCREDIBLE-NUTRITION-AND-HEALTH-BENEFITS-OF-BUTTERNUT-SQUASH/
• The health benefit for Coconut:  HTTP://WWW.EATINGWELL.COM/NUTRITION_HEALTH/NUTRITION_NEWS_INFORMATION/HEALTH_BENEFITS_OF_COCONUT_COCONUT_OIL_COCONUT_MILK_COCONUT_WATER_COCONUT_FLOUR
• The health benefit for cashews: HTTPS://DRAXE.COM/CASHEWS-NUTRITION/
• The huge benefits for raw dark chocolate: HTTP://DAILYSUPERFOODLOVE.COM/2852/21-FANTASTIC-BENEFITS-OF-CACAO/
• Finally what dates are amazing for: HTTP://DAILYSUPERFOODLOVE.COM/2852/21-FANTASTIC-BENEFITS-OF-CACAO/