Chocolate Beet Cupcakes
 
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Yup. All in one bowl.
Recipe type: can be made: vegan, nut-free, gluten-free, grain-free
Serves: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
  • ½ cup beet puree (see Beet Puree post)
  • ¼ cup oil of choice (e.g. grapeseed oil) or butter or ghee
  • ¾ cup unrefined coconut sugar or organic cane sugar
  • 2 eggs, or egg replacements (e.g. 1 Tbsp flax + 3 Tbsp water, allowed to soak)
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup flour (wheat, spelt, a combination, or your favourite gluten-free mixture will work; if you choose almond flour, add an extra ½ cup)
  • ⅓ cup quality cocoa
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder (I've also used just arrowroot starch)
  • ½ cup milk alternative (I use almond or rice) + 1 tsp apple cider vinegar (if using almond flour, use only ¼ cup of milk)
Instructions
  1. Add first six (liquid ingredients) to a large bowl.
  2. Mix until well incorporated (so there are not big lumps of butter, if using).
  3. Add remaining ingredients - here, you may want to use an electric mixer, or just get an extra arm workout ;) Again, try to mix till there are no lumps.
  4. Scoop one by one into cupcake pans, filling about ¾-full. You can grease the pans, or use paper cups or use re-usable silicon cups.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
  6. For mini cupcakes, bake only 9 minutes.
  7. For cake, you'll want to bake about 40 min, depending on the depth of pan (check for done-ness at about 30 min).
  8. Allow to cool.
  9. When cupcakes are cool to the touch, you can ice them, if desired (what is a cupcake without icing, anyway?!) Though, if you don't have ingredients or time for icing, these are great on their own or with a scoop of coconut ice cream....
  10. Cupcakes can be stored in an air-tight tupperware at room temperature or in the fridge (for a few days), or in the freezer (for up to a month). To defrost, simply remove from freezer and allow to thaw.
Recipe by The L'Oven Life at https://thelovenlife.com/chocolate-beet-cupcakes/