Paleo Cupcakes AND Frosting

It's next to impossible to find good recipes for both cupcakes and frosting on the same blog page. Either the cupcake sucks, or the frosting sucks. I'm here to give you pretty darn good recipes for both.

Coconut Vanilla Cupcakes
(I add the coconut in the title because you really can taste it in there. It's a really smooth and delicious combination!)

Cupcake Ingredients:
1/2 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons Coconut Flour
 4 eggs
2 egg whites
1/2 Cup Cane Sugar
1 Cup Coconut Milk (I used canned)
2 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with liners. (This recipe makes a dozen short cupcakes, or about 9 that are raised like normal cupcakes.) Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until you get a nice even batter. Scoop batter into each cupcake well. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until tops are firm to the touch. Remove from oven and let cool completely before frosting.

 Frosting Ingredients:

1 Cup dark chocolate
1/2 grapeseed oil
2 Tablespoons agave nectar or raw organic honey
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract (or almond, or whatever you like)
Pinch sea salt

Frosting Directions:
In small saucepan, melt and combine chocolate and oil. Add agave, vanilla and pinch of salt. Stir until combined. Remove from heat and put into freezer for 10 minutes to force cool. After 10 minutes, remove frosting and whip with a hand mixer on low speed. Let stand on counter for 10 minutes before frosting.

Frost cupcakes and devour.