Chocolate Beet Cupcakes!

For the chocolate cake batter

1 c. cooked beets, grated

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/3 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup honey

1  egg

1 t. vanilla

1 c. flour

1/3 c. cocoa powder

1 t. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

 

For the cream cheese filling:

4 oz. cream cheese, softened

2 T. sugar

1 t. vanilla

 

Preheat the oven to 350F. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, maple syrup and honey until everything is well blended.  Add the egg  and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla extract.  Fold in the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Fold the beets into the batter until distributed.  In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients for the cream cheese filling until smooth.  Fill cupcake liners with 2 T. cake batter, 1 T. cream cheese filling, and 1 more T. of the cake batter on top.

Bake for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees.  Makes about 10 cupcakes.