Velvety Beet Cupcakes With Raspberry Icing

Submitted by Nif_H

"And did I mention that it’s chocolaty too? A healthy and delicious cupcake that’s packed with superfoods - raspberries and beets. This is a Chatelaine recipe. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 12 cupcakes

ingredients

• 59.14 ml raspberries, frozen
• 295.73 ml all-purpose flour
• 59.14 ml unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3.69 ml baking powder
• 1.23 ml baking soda
• 2.46 ml salt
• 200 ml beets, rinsed, drained, patted dry (half of a 398 ml can)
• 177.44 ml granulated sugar
• 59.14 ml safflower oil
• 1 egg
• 4.92 ml vanilla
• 118.29 ml buttermilk
• 125 g light cream cheese, cubed (half of a 250-g block)
• 118.29 ml icing sugar

directions

1. Measure out raspberries and leave on counter. Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper cups or spray with oil.
2. Stir flour with cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Puree beets in a blender or food processor. Beat sugar with oil in a medium-sized bowl, using an electric mixer, until combined, 2 minute Beat in egg, then beets and vanilla. Gradually beat in one-third of flour mixture just until blended, then half of buttermilk. Repeat additions, ending with flour mixture. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
3. Bake in centre of oven until a cake tester inserted in cupcakes comes out clean, 20 to 25 minute Cool in pan on a rack for 15 min, then remove cakes to a rack to cool completely before icing.
4. PUSH raspberries through a sieve into a bowl, using the bottom of a ladle. Discard seeds. Stir in cream cheese and icing sugar until evenly mixed. Spread over cooled cupcakes.

Reviews

[Jostlori]

These cupcakes were tasty, but the flavor was a bit odd. Maybe too much beets (it was difficult to figure half the can). Even though I used the Hershey's Dark cocoa powder, there was an overpowering flavor that was not chocolate. The frosting was good, especially since I used more of the raspberries to get more flavor and I left the seeds in for texture!