Paleo banana cupcakes with chocolate icing. This gluten & dairy free cake recipe is quick & easy to make & tastes delicious.

Paleo banana cupcakes with chocolate icing
While I was pregnant with our first, I was part of a trying to conceive/pregnancy forum on an app.
We’d all share stories and ask questions of each other.
When it came around due date time, we eagerly awaited the arrival of each other’s bubs.
When our bubba arrived, I shared my birth story.
A day or so later, I had a comment.
Keep in mind that this is an app with people from all over the world and most were from America.
Of the 13 people who commented, one wrote ‘hey Claire I think we were in antenatal class together.’
Of all the people in the whole world, one of the 13 was someone I had met at our hospital antenatal class. What are the chances?
After her bub arrived a week or so later we started texting each other and have been great friends since.

We also managed to get into the same mothers’ group run by Queensland Health.
We went along to 3 Tuesdays of group with 11 other wonderful mothers and the week before last, we all had to form our own group.
One lady kindly offered to host us all. She told us not to bring anything but you know me… any opportunity for baking.

It was after my first bub arrived that I started experimenting with healthier versions of sweet treats which is how I came to turn a banana cake with blueberry frosting into Paleo banana cupcakes with chocolate icing.

When I told the other mums what was in them, especially the icing, they couldn’t believe it.
To be honest I couldn’t believe the icing tasted so good even though I’ve made something similar before.
I even managed to convince myself that because it was made of just dates, avo and cacao, it was perfectly acceptable that I ate half the icing as most of my lunch the day I made them.
I’d love to say I wouldn’t do something like that these days, 7 years later but that would be a big fat lie.

The original recipe was a cake not cupcakes so it can definitely be baked any way you like.
It’s a moist, sweet (thanks bananas) cake and perfect for a healthy snack or even a special occasion if you want the cake to be healthy (even though it tastes like a full sugar-packed version).
I may have had 3 or was it 4 at mothers’ group and taken two home for afternoon tea.
We hosted the group the following week and I got baking again.
Enjoy!
What about you?
What’s the most random lunch you’ve ever eaten?

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Paleo banana cupcakes
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Nutrition and Wellness Coach, mum of 3 and creator of Claire K Creations, Claire Cameron is passionate about simplifying natural living (good food, natural products, simple living) for better health for busy families and a happier planet in a quick, easy & affordable (but not hippie!) way.
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I made something paleo tonight. I wish I could have stopped eating it. How good does that icing look too? :D
It’s hard isn’t it and because it’s ‘healthy’ I convince myself that it’s ok when really it’s not!
These look amazing! I’m going to start going to mothers group soon, I hope I’m lucky enough to meet some great people!
Fingers crossed Clare!
I really like your cupcakes and what a coincidence meeting someone you’d met at antenatal class.
I think popcorn would be the most random meal. :)
Isn’t it? Such a small world. Popcorn is a pretty delicious meal!
It’s amazing the people you meet once you have a baby. I think it’s the easiest way to make friends – you have so much in common! I love the look of your cupcakes and they’re beautifully decorated xx
It’s true isn’t it. I said to Will the other day it’s like there’s a secret club. You see another mother with a little baby and you both automatically smile at each other.
Ohhh they look good Claire. I’ve made a similar icing before but I’ve been looking for a good paleo banana cake recipe. Will give these a go.
Hope you like it Nancy!
These were super delicious! Thanks Claire! I had no idea that’s how you and Shannon met! How amazing!
Isn’t it a coincidence?! Such a small world!