Vegan Gingerbread Cupcakes with Spiced Date Icing

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp ground chia seeds, 6 Tbsp water
• 2 ¼ cups spelt flour
• ½ cup coconut sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp Himalayan rock salt
• 1 ½ tsp ginger
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ¾ cup blackstrap molasses
• 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
• ½ cup almond milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 2 Tbsp orange zest
• 1 cup Medjool dates pitted, roughly 9
• ¼ cup maple syrup
• ¼ to ½ cup water, depending on how dry the dates are
• ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ginger
• Pinch nutmeg
• Pinch cardamom
• 2 Tbsp orange zest for topping