Upside-Down Pineapple Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

• 7 oz. pitted dates (24 Deglet Noor dates or 12 Medjool dates)
• 1 20-oz. can pineapple tidbits, in juice
• ½ cup unsweetened dried cherries, roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
• ¾ cup whole wheat pastry flour
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons sunflower seed butter
• 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon pure almond extract
• ¼ cup aquafaba (liquid from canned chickpeas)
• 1 tablespoon date syrup