Sweet Potato Cupcakes (Inspired by Brick Street Sweet Potato Cake)
These gluten-free, dairy-free, and butter-free, Sweet Potato Cupcakes are inspired by Brick Street Café’s Sweet Potato Cake. These cupcakes are decadently moist – even though they err on the side of being healthier!
These Sweet Potato Cupcakes are gluten-free and dairy-free. They are super moist in part due to the slightly over-baked sweet potato and banana in them.
With hints of cinnamon and ginger, these cupcakes are an equal-opportunity sensory pleaser!
I used a ginger and cinnamon-spiked, non-dairy whipped topping on some, but, my daughter said they were just fine on their own!
What are the ingredients needed to make these sweet potato cupcakes?
You will need the following 12 ingredients:
- coconut oil, in its solid form – not melted
- brown sugar
- eggs
- sweet potato
- banana
- vanilla
- soy milk
- lemon juice
- gluten-Free Flour Blend
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
Please see the recipe card below for exact measurements.
A few tips:
- If the sweet potato is slightly overcooked, it works better in this recipe.
- The riper the banana, the better.
- This is a dairy-free recipe. However, if lactose is your friend, please substitute the soy milk and lemon juice for buttermilk.
- And, if you would rather use a gluten-full flour, then you can substitute the GF flour blend for some all-purpose flour.
Recently, a friend shared her recipe for the famous Brick Street Chocolate cake. And she raved on and on about the Brick Street Cafe. Well, I love chocolate cake. No, make that, I love cake!
So, I figured that my daughter and I would hop in the car and drive on up to Greenville, South Carolina to Brick Street Cafe to taste a slice of their cake.
Of course, the plan was to drive on up, eat chocolate cake and drive on back. But, as most plans seem to go these days, things didn’t pan out quite like that.
You see, we were convinced by a patron, to also try the sweet potato cake. Since we had driven all the way there, we figured why not. And gosh-darn-it! That sweet potato cake was downright scintillating!
With our bellies full of chocolate cake and sweet potato cake, I really didn’t want to sit in a car for a couple of hours, so we took a gander through the area and happened on Falls Park and a one-of-a-kind performance by painter, Brian Olsen! My mind was blown watching him totally convert a black canvas in less than 10 minutes!
After checking out Falls Park, Reedy River Falls and Artisphere in downtown Greenville, we headed home and on that whole drive back I couldn’t stop thinking of that sweet potato cake!
So, when I got home, I figured I would whip up a healthier version, in cupcake-sized portions, that we could enjoy on our movie night.
And, y’all, that’s how these Sweet Potato Cupcakes ended up here on the blog!
Deadpool was on the menu for our movie night when we got back home, along with these Sweet Potato Cupcakes!
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Sweet Potato Cupcakes (Inspired by Brick Street Sweet Potato Cake)
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- 1/4 coconut oil in it’s solid form – not melted
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup baked and mashed sweet potato
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup soy milk*
- 1 tbsp lemon juice fresh*
- 1 cup Gluten Free Flour Blend
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a bowl, using an electric mixer, cream coconut oil and brown sugar together for 2 minutes or so
- Mix in the eggs
- Add in mashed sweet potato, vanilla and banana and mix well
- Add in Gluten free flour, cinnamon, ginger, salt, baking power, and baking soda and mix gently
- Pour in cup of soy milk and lemon juice and mix till well incorporated
- Pour into lined cupcake tray and bake for 15 minutes
- Let cool and if so desired, mix non dairy whipped topping with cinnamon and ginger and decorate cupcakes with it or enjoy as is.
I gather you mean a quarter cup coconut oil? The frosting looks amazing
Bananas AND sweet potatoes?! Oh heck yes that sounds like an amazing combo! And with cinnamon and ginger? Swooning. Also please teach me your frosting ways! Mine never come out looks right so I usually just slop it on with a knife 😆
These are must haves for a sweet potato lover like me!
I could totally adopt a similar recipe to this into my life!!! I am really ADORING sweet potatoes lately (SHOCKKKKKKKERRR lol) and I actually like them more than butternut squash! Whoops. DID I SAY THAT?!
And um, how did you PERFECT that whipped topping topper?! Oh wait, you’re kinda just perfect!
I have always wanted to bake with sweet potatoes. These cupcakes look amazing!!
These cupcakes are so gorgeous Shashi! The dairy free frosting looks absolutely amazing! I love that you made these delicious treats with sweet potato! Yum!
Oh wow!! I need about a dozen of these please?! They look super delicious!
So that’s my kinda road trip and these are my kinda cupcakes!! You and your sweetie must have had a blast – I’d love to see that painter at work…I’m so amazed by artists who can create so speedily and seamlessly… Speaking of seamlessly – what’s your secret for perfect frosting? I love your decorating, Shashi!
That cake looks amazing!
I need to experience that bakery and that painter, stat! That sounds like such a perfect day! I love that you pal around with your daughter. I think that you guys have such a special bond!
Do you think these will work with whole wheat flour .
I too, have been drooling over Allie’s Cake for so long–love your take on it too! I must have my husband pick me up a slice or two of this famous cake on his next business trip there.
Dear Shashi, These cupcakes are sinfully divine. I’ve heard so much of the Brick Street Cafe from Allie and I would just love to try it! What a beautiful spot and now there are two menu recommendations! I’d love to hop in my car and take a day trip…fabulous post dear! xo, Catherine
I love pretty much everything SWEET POTATO. I’ve never made a cake/cupcakes with it, though, and trust me this idea sounds great to me (Yes, I might be a bit bias, haha). And you know what’s also great about these guys? You don’t need to drive to try them. Well unless you decide to go to your post office and send some to me:) Well done!
Gurrrrlllll!!!! You did it. Love the gorgeous picture collage, it’s taking me down memory lane for sure. Greenville is such a great city, and Brick Street’s Sweet Potato Cake and Chocolate Cake are super famous in the region and beyond. And now we have these amazing sweet potato gluten-free cupcakes! AH-maaaazing my friend. I need just one bite! That’s all! So glad you happened on Falls Park and the art festival too. What a memorable day! Have a fabulous week. XOXO
Cupcakes always look very beautiful with that sexy frosting!