Beet My Valentine Muffin Tops
You don’t have to be in a relationship to enjoy this romantic recipe ❤️
In fact, it’s probably better if you’re not. There may be a lot of hype about love and dating buzzing around the month of February, but let’s not forget one of the main perks of being single: not having to share your snacks.
But in all seriousness, this recipe goes good with any group: a couple enjoying a romantic after-dinner sweet, a couple of friends trying this recipe because one of them saw it online and thought it was cool, even a single person enjoying one of these whilst watching a horror movie with their cat on Valentine’s Day evening.
You could try them dusted with powdered sugar, plain, or even drizzled with some melted vegan chocolate for extra pizazz. Heck, you could probably even make ice cream sandwiches out of them if you tried hard enough. Now there’s an idea…
But anyway, I wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day, Anti-Valentine’s Day, or even just a Happy Regular Sunday. It really doesn’t matter what you celebrate, just as long as you celebrate it with chocolate ?
Beet My Valentine Muffin Tops
Equipment
- Muffin top pan (or just a regular cupcake pan)
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour I used whole wheat
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup oil such as canola or melted coconut
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar or agave nectar
- 1 egg's worth egg replacer about 3 tbsp of JUST brand egg replacer
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1 cup beet puree *see recipe notes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- melted vegan chocolate or powdered sugar as desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease muffin top pan (or spray with nonstick spray).
- In a large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk the oil, sugar, egg replacer, vinegar, beet puree (or pumpkin and food color, see recipe notes), and vanilla extract. Add wet ingredients to dry, and fold with a spatula until well combined.
- Scoop batter equally in muffin top pan (my pan makes 3 1/2 inch diameter muffin tops and I got 6 from this recipe), flattening with a knife or back of a spoon to even the surface.
- Bake muffin tops for 15-20 minutes, checking after 15 minutes. Muffin tops are done when a cake tester or toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.
- After allowing muffin tops to cool, drizzle with melted vegan chocolate and/or dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
Notes
Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️