Description
Celebrate Halloween with delicious, blood red, beet spice cupcakes decorated with simple brain-icing decorations. Any zombie (or zombie fan) can appreciate these adorable treats. The recipe uses beets instead of artificial food coloring. Perfect for The Walking Dead fans.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup beet puree
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a mini muffin tin with cupcake papers.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices together in a large bowl.
- Mix sugar, beet puree, egg, and vanilla in a separate bowl.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Use a small scooper or spoon to drop two teaspoons of batter into each cupcake paper.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, making sure a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. The cupcakes should spring back when lightly touched.
- Remove from the oven and let cupcakes cool completely.
Notes
How to make beet puree:
- Wash and boil three small to medium beets until tender.
- Remove skins and puree until smooth in a food processor or blender. (Add a tablespoon or two of water if necessary to puree.)
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini cupcake
- Calories: 41
- Sugar: 4.6
- Sodium: 59.1
- Fat: 0.3
- Carbohydrates: 9
- Protein: 0.9
- Cholesterol: 7.8
