These Tahini cupcakes have a great original taste and are made with no butter! Jump to Recipe
These cupcakes were born with no intention at first: I was about to make a recipe I made before for my equestrian centre buddies, and I thought like ‘Could change and add Tahini (instead of Biscoff spread)?’ and, with Tahini involved, I found not adding butter would be great for a lighter version too.
And it turned out really beautifully!
Besides being really beautiful (at least to my mind 😉 ) these cupcakes are butter-free and really airy but tasteful.
Top them with a chocolate frosting and a sweet candy on top (as photo shown) and you have a great plate of cupcakes to share with whomever you want. And you can indulge yourself with this little guilt-free treat.
Pretty Tahini Cupcakes with No Butter
These pretty cupcakes are made with Tahini and do not contain butter: they are delicious and guilt-free!
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 50 g granulated sugar ¼ cup
- 67 g Tahini ¼ cup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 60 g of yogurt and milk mix ¼ cup
- 200 g flour 1 cup + ½ cup + 1 tbsp
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
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If you don’t want to refrigerate your batter, preheat your oven at 325°F (170°C) first, and prepare 8 cupcakes liners in a cupcake pan.
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Using a hand-held electric whisk or a freestanding electric mixer, whisk the egg and sugar until pale and fluffy.
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Stir together yogurt, milk and vanilla and gradually add this to the egg mixture on low speed until combined. Add the Tahini and mix again.
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In a medium bowl, mix the flour and baking powder and add this slowly to the liquid ingredients, in two batches. Make sure everything is well combined.
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You can put the batter in the fridge and let set for 20 minutes. If so, preheat your oven as instructed above. Otherwise, you can skip this step.
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Remove the batter for the fridge and with an ice-cream scoop, divide the batter equally between the liners.
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Bake for 10-13 minutes or until golden and springy to the touch.
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Feel free to add a chocolate frosting on top of them like I did, they are even more delicious!
Recipe Notes
*I would advise a simple chocolate/ light cream cheese frosting for these or simply melt hazelnut spread.