Healthy-er Chocolate, Orange Lava Cupcakes

Lessons of the day:

1. When baking with a three year old, expect it to take twice as long. 

2. When that same three year old wants to help clean up, expect it to take three times as long. 

3. Don't let the three year old use the zester. 

4. Wait till bunt cakes are cool before removing from silicone molds, other wise you end up with cake pop makings. 

5. Chocolate really is more fun when it's in your hair, covering your skin, and on the ceiling ;)

Today was finally cool enough to turn on the oven and bake, and I got to spend the entire day with with one of my favorite three year olds, so we spent the morning baking. I'm weird, so I don't bake with milk, butter, eggs, sugar, or a recipe, but these chocolate, orange lava cakes turned out  a tiny bit dense, but very chocolately and delicious. Today was my first time baking cupcakes from scratch and my first time baking with  a three year old, so it was a bit of an adventure and a learning experience.   But here is the recipe for these healthy-er chocolate, orange lava cupcakes. 

Healthy-er Chocolate, Orange Lava Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 cup multigrain pancake/baking mix

1/2 tbs baking soda

1 tbs baking powder 

1/2 cup unsweetened baking powder

1/3 cup applesauce

1 cup rice milk

1 orange zested and squeezed

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Frosting Glaze:

2tbs powdered sugar

1tbs unsweetened cocco powder

1 tbs orange juice

Makes about 12 cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 350

1. In a large bowl combine all dry ingredients.

2. Add applesauce and rice milk

3. Wash orange, then zest the entire orange, set aside zest. 

4. Juice the orange and pour into mixing bowl. 

5. With a spoon mix all ingredients except for chocolate chips

6. Use mixer for one minute to blend and to give cake mix bubbles. 

7. Stir in chocolate chips

8.scoop mix into cupcake tins. 

9. Sprinkle cupcakes with orange zest

10. Bake for 20 minutes. 

11. Let cool, then drizzle on frosting.

12. Enjoy!

For frosting:

Mix 2tbs powdered sugar, 1tbs unsweetened cocco powder, and 1 tbs orange juice in a small bowl.