My mom loves the flavor of maple, but after she was diagnosed with diabetes she only eats the sugar-free pecan pies I make her (it has sugar-free maple syrup in it). The recipe for my sugar-free pecan pie is HERE if you’re interested.
Knowing that she loves the flavor of maple, I’ve been experimenting with making maple flavored sweet treats. That are sugar-free, of course.
My first batch of the sugar-free maple frosting was a fail. The taste was almost bitter and I’m pretty sure i can link it to liquid stevia. I am definitely not a fan. Some might really love it, and if you do, good! But me, not so much. So when making the second batch I omitted the liquid stevia. It tasted way better.
And…I am happy to report that my mom LOVED the frosting! She loved it so much that I plan to make these mini sugar free cupcakes more often for her. Along with the pecan pies of course. I think she would disown me if I stopped making them. 😂 Just kidding, but she does love the pecan pies I make her.
Enough with all the words. Let’s get to the recipe!
Sugar Free Maple Frosting
2 cups Splenda
2 – 8oz package cream cheese (softened)
2 tbsp maple extract
4 tbsp sugar-free maple syrup
5 tbsp heavy cream (cold)
Toppings (optional)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
Note: Cream cheese has less than 2 grams of natural sugar in an 8oz block. If you want the frosting to be completely sugar-free you can use organic cream cheese which omits lactose, the ingredient where the sugar comes from.
Step 1: Add the 2 cups of Splenda to a food processor and turn it on high until you have a powdered sugar type consistency. It should take less than a minute.
Step 2: Whip the softened cream cheese in an electric mixer on medium speed until all the chunks are gone and you have a smooth consistency.
Step 3: Add the remaining ingredients until mixed.
Step 4: Add the frosting to a piping bag or ziplock bag and pipe the frosting on the tops of the cupcakes.
Step 5: (optional) sprinkle chopped walnuts and a dash of cinnamon on the tops.
Step 6: Enjoy!
For the sugar-free cupcake mix, I used Pillsbury cake mix straight from the box. 😬 I love to bake, I never said I was a strictly made-from-scratch baker. I do plan to start making sugar-free cake mix from scratch, but I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing with the frosting first. I wouldn’t have been able to handle two fails in one day.
Side note, how cute are the mini cupcake liners?? Which leads me to a funny story. For the first wedding I did, the bride wanted parchment paper tulip cupcake liners. So I bought a box of 1000 off Amazon thinking I would definitely use them for future events. Well when they came in the mail, I was a little shocked to see that they were mini. So…now I have 1000 of these cupcake liners. Needless to say, I will be making a lot of mini cupcakes over the next few years. 😂 I linked the regular size cupcake liners HERE.
And that’s a wrap! I hope you enjoyed my post. I’d love to know what you think if you use my recipe.
Until next time. Xo
