With Easter just around the corner, you are probably planning something special for the kids. Are you planning special kids only brunch? Ordering super cool eggs? Drafting a map of the potential hiding places for the egg hunt? We have something special for your Easter egg hunt this year, so keep on reading! I decided to give another try to making cupcakes with the kids. Our unique cupcakes were filled with delicious M&Ms – kids had a blast making the cupcakes and enjoyed, even more, eating them. These Springtime Red Velvety Beet Cupcakes have been inspired by a recipe from Handstand Kids. Each of my family members got to decorate 5 cupcakes.
Cupcakes Ingredients:
- Two large red beets
- 2 cups of all purpose flour
- Two teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Two large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil2
- teaspoons vanilla extract
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 eight ounce package of cream cheese softened at room temperature
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened at room temperature
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- One teaspoon vanilla
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Cut off the greens and tail of beets, wash them and then wrap each beet in foil to make a sealed package.
- Place beet packages in the oven for 1 hour. Remove using oven mitts and let cool.
- Once cooled, remove beets from foil and peel off beet skin using a plastic bag in your hand like a glove.
- Place beets in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Set 3 tbsp in a separate bowl for the frosting – everything else will go into the cupcakes.
- Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Place the eggs, milk, honey, oil and vanilla in a separate bowl and stir with the spatula to combine.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir to combine, add beet puree.
- Pour batter into lined cupcake pans or baking cups (approximately 1/3 cup batter per cupcake) and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove and let cool at room temperature, and then top with Red Beet Cream Cheese Frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting ( makes about 2 cups):
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until fluffy.
- Spread frosting on cupcakes and serve!
- Decorate with layers of jelly beans and other yummy candies!
I love an alternate use for those jelly beans! The table looks amazing as well!
Isn’t it fun?
oh my goodness- how cute are these cupcakes! I love them!
Love kitchen projects that let the kids get involved and use their creativity. Great idea!
Those are such pretty cupcakes! They look really easy to make too, love them!
Beets in cupcakes?! Sounds healthy :). They look pretty too!
1. Those cupcakes are absolutely adorable and I want them now. lol
2. For the giveaway— I would use the 15% off flowers – my mom LOVES flowers and we rarely ever get them for her (horrible daughter, I know haha) So I would use that lol
You had me at cupcakes, then you added coupons.com- I love both! Saving 50% off Holiday Easters Inspirations Decor at JoAnns would be perfect for last minnute decorating!
I’m incredibly amazed that these cupcakes are made with beets!! They seriously don’t look like it but the fact that beets are one of the ingredients makes me strangely very happy–I LOVE beets with a passion ^.^
Looks like the kids had an absolute blast making the cupcakes with you. Beets make cake so moist!
Oh man, I need to get to baking for Easter. I haven’t decided what I’m making yet, but cupcakes looks like a great idea! – Katy
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So fun! I love that you can let the kids customize these exactly the way they want, and it will always be perfect.
Using jelly beans in this way is such a clever idea. Getting the kids involved is always a fun idea!
Great idea, kids love jelly beans and they’re so colorful!
Those cupcakes looks so good!!!
What fun! The cupcakes look yummy!
Love this Easter idea!! The cupcakes look delicious. I think my 3 kids will like enjoy them. Thank you for the recipe:)
I remember making cupcakes like this when I was a kiid… I dont know whatt it is about jellybeans but they always add fun. The kids can pick favorite colors!
Those are very creative!I would like to try and do this with my nieces.Thank you for sharing!
The recipe looks so great, I will dress these up for a spring time teat.
I love desserts! Cupcakes are definitely fun to bake!!!