Back

Chai Spice Cupcakes (grain-free + dairy-free)

Ali Segersten (author)
CHAI SPICE CUPCAKES GRAIN-FREE DAIRY-FREE-11
GRAIN-FREE DAIRY-FREE CHAI SPICE CUPCAKES-2

Serve these slightly sweet holiday cupcakes with or without frosting. I prefer to frost them with this Dairy-Free Cream Cheese Frosting recipe—it's made from sweet potatoes! Be sure to use white-fleshed sweet potatoes for a white frosting. If you tolerate dairy products, then frost these cupcakes with my Honey Cream Cheese Frosting. Add a little orange zest or pure orange essential oil to the frosting for a beautiful flavor addition! 

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

1 cups blanched almond flour (gently packed)
¼ cups coconut flour
¼ cups arrowroot powder
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoons baking soda
¼ teaspoons sea salt
1½ teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoons ground ginger
½ teaspoons ground cardamom
¼ teaspoons ground cloves

Wet Ingredients

4 large eggs
⅓ cups maple syrup
⅓ cups avocado oil
¼ cups coconut sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Frosting

¾ cups cooked white sweet potatoes (still warm)
6 tablespoons coconut oil
¼ cups maple syrup
2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinches sea salt
4.0 1 review

Nat…

Feb 4, 2026

These muffins definitely remind me of chi-spiced drinks . It’s a lovely muffin to make for the autumn or winter season especially with the frosting recipe attached which had a lovely maple flavour to it . Very nice combination.
My muffins did not turn as nice and dark as the photo ,more of a light tan/ medium brown.