Red Velvet Santa Cupcakes

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Red Velvet Santa Cupcakes
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Ingredients
  1. Cupcakes
  2. 1
  3. can (15 oz) whole red beets (not pickled), drained
  4. 1/4
  5. cup fat-free egg product
  6. 3/4
  7. cup sugar
  8. 1
  9. teaspoon vanilla
  10. 3
  11. tablespoons vegetable oil
  12. 1
  13. container (5.3 oz) Yoplait® Greek 100 Fat Free vanilla yogurt
  14. 3/4
  15. cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  16. 1/4
  17. cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  18. 1/2
  19. teaspoon salt
  20. 1/2
  21. teaspoon baking powder
  22. 1/2
  23. teaspoon baking soda
  24. Topping
  25. 4
  26. oz fat-free cream cheese (from 8-oz package), softened
  27. 1/4
  28. cup powdered sugar, sifted
  29. 12
  30. whole strawberries, stems removed
Instructions
  1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
  2. 2 In blender or food processor, place beets. Cover; blend on high speed about 1 minute, stopping occasionally to scrape sides, until smooth. Pour 1/2 cup beet mixture in large bowl (reserve remaining for another use). Add egg product, sugar, vanilla, oil and yogurt, stirring well to combine. Stir in flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
  3. 3 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  4. 4 In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread on cupcakes. Top each with 1 strawberry and an additional dot of frosting.
Notes
  1. Half of the pureed beet mixture will be leftover. Place in a resealable food-storage plastic bag, and freeze. When ready to bake another batch of cupcakes, simply defrost and use for batch #2!
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