Tomato Spice Mini Cupcakes with Tomato Cream Cheese Frosting
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Serves: 48 mini cupcakes
 
Ingredients
Tomato Spice Mini Cupcakes
  • ½ c butter
  • 1½ c sugar
  • ¼ c tomato paste
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c buttermilk (or 1 T lemon juice, plus enough milk to equal 1 c)
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 1½ t baking soda
  • 1 T white vinegar
  • 2¼ c flour
  • 1 t salt
  • ½ t cinnamon
  • 1 T cocoa powder
  • 1 pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 t lime zest
Tomato Cream Cheese Frosting
  • ¼ c butter
  • 3 oz cream cheese
  • 1 T tomato powder
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • ½ t lime zest
  • about 5 c powdered sugar
Instructions
Tomato Spice Mini Cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line mini muffin tin with papers.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add tomato paste. Beat until combined. Add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, vinegar and baking soda.
  3. Sift flour, salt and spices together. Add to wet mixture until just combined.
  4. Fill cups until almost full. Bake for 15 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. (If you use regular cupcake tins, it will take 30 minutes.)
  5. Cool completely before frosting.
Tomato Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. Cream butter and cream cheese until fluffy.
  2. Add the tomato powder, zest and vanilla
  3. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until you reach your desired sweetness and texture. Thin with a bit of milk if needed.
  4. Frost mini cupcakes and garnish with sanding sugar and mint if you'd like. Enjoy
Recipe by Mamaguru at http://mamaguru.com/tomato-spice-mini-cupcakes-with-tomato-cream-cheese-frosting/