Comments on: Beet-elicious Cupcakes. That’s right, BEET Cupcakes!

By: roni

roni — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:25:27 +0000

Nope. All ingredients and photos listed above.

By: Denise Bergh

Denise Bergh — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:17:38 +0000

Do you add the other ingredients as listed in the box cake mix directions? Like Eggs, oil etc?

By: angie

angie — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:40:02 +0000

i recreated your recipe and linked back to you! thank you for such a great idea!
link to successful2gether.blogspot.com

By: Cari

Cari — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:58:30 +0000

Thanks! Love this recipe!!! Yesterday I made them with a box of lemon muffin mix I had, not a big hit.
Today I made them again with a vanilla cake mix and my 5 yr old son ate 3! Ha!
Re the health benefits of beets, yes! They’re amazing! Just not sure canned beats (like I used) added to a box cake mix make it all that worth while =). But I feel better giving these to my kids then a lot of the other options out there.

Want a GREAT frosting made with beets? Got it from my kids Waldorf home based school they used to go to.

~ 1 package of cream cheese (the brick kind, not in a ‘tub’)
~ Beet root powder (not easy to find. I had my local Sprouts grocery store order it for me)
~ Maple syrup to taste
Soooooo good and soooooooo pretty!

By: Brandi Koskie

Brandi Koskie — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:54:46 +0000

I have to say I love this idea! The first time I made my daughter’s beet baby food I was dumbstruck by the electric magenta color that poured out of them. I asked my husband “Why would anyone ever use artificial colors when this exists in nature?” Going to have to give it a try!

By: Carmen

Carmen — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:38:05 +0000

I made these tonight and I was surprised how yummy they are, I love beets just was not sure how they would be and I couln’t even taste the beets, I am curious how my 14 & 18 year old sons will like these…very good snack when you have a sweet tooth and don’t want to blow it. Thanks Roni

By: JL

JL — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:07:10 +0000

A timesaver….just add the cake mix to the foodprocessor & mix there!

I made today with a lemon cake mix! Yum!

By: emily

emily — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:39:31 +0000

Roni,

This is random but as I was eating my evening snack of Honeyed Grapefruit tonight, I remembered reading about your love of citrus. I thought you might like the recipe for this fun and healthful treat:

_Honeyed Grapefruit_
(1) Heat oven to 450 degrees
(2) Cut grapefruit in half & cut along sections (leaving fruit in the shell)
(3) Drizzle with 1 TBL honey (or, for a treat, a bit of maraschino cherry juice — drop 1 cherry in center)
(4) Heat in oven (in cake pan or similar) for 10-15 mins
(5) Serve fresh from oven — enjoy!

By: Deanna - The Unnatural Mother

Deanna - The Unnatural Mother — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:53:28 +0000

I am making these for Easter!!!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:25:06 +0000

Sooooooo good, intersting, tasty and easy to make! Thanks again Roni. That you can manage to be creative with a nursing newborn gives me a “we’re not worthy” feeling!

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:44:06 +0000

I made this tonight. They were very light and fluffy. I couldn’t even taste the beets! I need to bring a dessert to my aunt’s for Easter. I’m going to bring some to my parents tomorrow. If they pass the “dad” test, I’ll make some for Easter.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:56:34 +0000

I made them this evening to try out before making them for Easter. They are wonderful. I am not sure yet which I prefer these or the spinach. Looking forward to many other veggie cupcake recipes from you Roni.

Thank you!
Joanne

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:10:35 +0000

I made these and the spinach ones tonight! I’m so excited to have a better option for a dessert during our Easter meal!! Thank you!

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:48:58 +0000

OMG! They look great and so easy! :)
I’m buying myself a food processor for my birthday!

By: Amy @ A Little Nosh

Amy @ A Little Nosh — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:45:40 +0000

And now I know what to do with the can of beets in my cabinet! (NO CLUE where they came from.)

By: roni

roni — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:56:26 +0000

Amanda – I have 1 experiment that may help… link to greenlitebites.com

By: roni

roni — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:47:58 +0000

Beets are undrained! I used the juice. Jeesh.. this was my worst write up yet! I need sleep!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:28:20 +0000

Hey I can’t wait to try these they look great….never ate beets before….I was wondering if you had or can make a recipe with homemade tomato soup…I love grilled cheese sandwichs and tomato soup but canned soup is loaded with sodium…your the recipe queen and didn’t know who else I could ask…

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:59:54 +0000

I’m looking at the picture and the beets don’t look drained, but I was wondering if you include the beet juice in the recipe. Thank you Roni!

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Doh, I’ve been waiting for this recipe to come out…and it had to be one of the foods I REALLY don’t like! Haha, I was hoping for some good fresh strawberries :-)

By: roni

roni — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:28:19 +0000

It’s worth a shot but I don’t think the color would be quit right.

By: Carole

Carole — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:27:02 +0000

Would beets added to a chocolate cake mix make a healthy red velvet cake?

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:40:38 +0000

I can’t wait to try these for Easter! Such a great idea!! Quick question though…what would you do if you wanted to use fresh beets? I have some fresh beets in the fridge and I am not as familiar with using them yet. I only just tried them for the first time less than a month ago! So just curious how to prepare them.

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:19:31 +0000

I love those colors! I used beets from my CSA basket a couple of years ago to make cake frosting. It made a great color for the fish (shaped) cake for our son’s 5th birthday!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:27:33 +0000

Thank you so much. I can not wait to make them!

Joanne