{"id":159,"date":"2026-05-01T04:59:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-08-11T00:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T00:59:10","slug":"morning-sun-almond-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/morning-sun-almond-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Sun Almond Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Makes twelve cupcakes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingredients: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 Eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">100g Castor Sugar or granulated sweetener<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Teaspoons of Gold and Sage Morning Sun Loose Leaf Tea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">80 ml milk or Unsweetened Almond milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">80ml Melted Butter (Coconut oil or Dairy Free Spread)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">280g Almond Flour&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Teaspoons Baking Powder&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bd teaspoon Almond Essence&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bd teaspoon Vanilla Essence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directions:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Add 2 teaspoons of Morning Sun Loose-leaf tea to milk of choice, bring to a boil, then let cool completely and strain. If desired, set aside 1 tablespoon to use for the frosting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 160 \u00b0C fan-forced. Line a 12-hole cupcake pan with cupcake paper cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar or sweetener, milk (already infused with tea and strained), butter or alternative, almond and vanilla essences. Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stir in Almond flour and baking powder, \u00bd at a time, stirring gently to avoid lumps.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transfer the cupcake batter evenly into the 12 cupcake cases\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bake for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cool to Room temperature before eating.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buttercream Frosting&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whip together 60g butter or alternative, 1 \u00bd cups of powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon of tea-infused milk and the zest of one lemon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9175-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makes twelve cupcakes Ingredients: 3 Eggs 100g Castor Sugar or granulated sweetener 2 Teaspoons of Gold and Sage Morning Sun Loose Leaf Tea 80 ml milk or Unsweetened Almond milk 80ml Melted Butter (Coconut oil or Dairy Free Spread) 280g Almond Flour&nbsp; 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder&nbsp; \u00bd teaspoon Almond Essence&nbsp; \u00bd teaspoon Vanilla Essence Directions:&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldandsage.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}