Bobby's Red Velvet Cupcakes

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These were a huge hit. I made these for my daughter's birthday and told no one that I colored them with beets. No one knew and the kids came back asking for more. I received multiple complements on how delicious the cupcakes were. I used pastry flour instead of cake flour because my son is allergic to the bleached wheat in cake flour and they were super moist. Will definitely be making again. I did not make the frosting as the birthday girl doesn't like cream cheese frosting. I made vanilla buttercream frosting and it paired very nice.

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This was an excellent and fun recipe! Enjoyed every minute of it : I made half the quantity and used microwave steamed beets. The cupcakes were very moist with a hint of cocoa flavour as well as beet flavour...which is exactly what I wanted. My husband devoured two immediately...and says he could have had four! lol

The colour was reddish brown...and I think you really have to use the roasted beets if you want a deep red colour as a significant amount of colour is lost during the boiling ans steaming process.

Anyway thanks for the yummy recipe Bobby!

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The beets are supposed to taste like beets after you roast them. He never said they would change their taste. The cupcakes had no trace of beet in them after they were fully backed. I agree that they had too much cocoa in them, next time I'll use 1 forth or 2, not 3. They were still delicious and one of my most successful cupcakes. I didn't have cake flour; I used all purpose flour and subtracted 4 TBS plus 1 TSP. For the frosting, I only had whipped cream cheese and I it worked even better. I also put a bit of vanilla yogurt and it held its shape perfectly. I piped it on. I will definitely use this recipe again, the color the beets impart is absolutely fantastic. Can't wait to try it with yellow beets, do maybe a marble cupcake. I definitely recommend this recipe. Those who gave it 1 star did something wrong I think.

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This was the best Red Velvet I have ever tasted. Moist great taste and texture. I do not like beets but you couldn't taste them at all. Perfect.

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I too was so excited to find a Red Velvet recipe for my daughter because she has a food allergy to artificial colors. I normally do not eat beats because they have a bad taste to them. I baked the beats as directed. The color was beautiful however the taste was that beat taste and it had way too much cocoa in it.

Most recipes call for a few tablespoons or ¼ of a cup but never ¾ of a cup. And the icing could not be as fluffy as shown with a 1 ¼ of powder sugar with 8 oz of cream cheese.

If my kid won’t eat the cake it defeats the purpose. It is ok for an adult that is watching what they eat but not good enough for a kid who wants to eat like everyone else and that is what I want for her. I will get there for her.

I was very disappointed but I am a big fan. Expecting more from your next recipe.

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I roasted the beets and mine came out red but very beety tasting. They are not popular in my house, sorry Bobby.

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I got really excited to make these because the last natural recipe I made was indeed quite red, but tasted very"beety". I don't understand what everyone was talking about - they were very bland, not red at all, a little dry, but again really bland. Sorry Bobby -

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I boiled the beets and the batter was not red. They were so moist and tasty and my kids loved them...even thought they knew the beets were in them!

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I made these with canned beets. They were delicious. The only issue I had was that they looked like chocolate cupcakes and not red velvet.

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My dad is a sugar addict and he loves cakes and cookies. He had a puzzled look on his face when he first tried them, but went back for more. Word to the wise though, I only had large cupcake cups on hand, and they were a little too much cake. Otherwise this is a huge hit...next person I have to fool is my brother!!! Cant wait.