Healthy Red Velvet Pancakes & Cupcakes for Valentines Day!

 

red velvet pancake stack
Hey POPsters!!!

Happy Pancake Day! What a fabulous day, yes?

Today I urge you to either try the banana pancakes or this super moist and nutritious Red Velvet Pancake recipe I created just a few hours ago.

cassey beet cupcakes red velvet
Made a complete mess in the kitch!

red velvet mess
Oh and guess what! It’s almost Valentine’s Day too! Are you excited? Who has a sweetie pie to snuggle with? Who’s celebrating Singles Awareness Day the day after? (No, seriously.)

After posting my cranberry salad video, I got a ton of comments asking for a V day recipe. So I did a TON of research and decided whatever I made had to be red and it had to be in the shape of a heart.

Lucky for me, I had already gotten a heart baking pan the week before! Now the red…

Well, it turns out that red velvet is a popular thing to eat around V day. So! I googled a ton of recipes for inspiration. I also got a dose of history class. Did you know that during World War II when foods were rationed, bakers used boiled beet juice to enhance the look of their cakes? Pureed beets in the batter also served to retain moisture! Amazing. I had no idea. But I was so happy that I wouldn’t have to use any artificial food coloring in this recipe! That’s so Blogilates.

So here’s my recipe for red velvet pancakes and cupcakes (it’s the same batter).

NATURAL Red Velvet Cupcakes ‘n Pancakes with Healthy Cream Cheese Frosting!

INGREDIENTS (6 cupcakes and 10 mini pancakes)
– 1 cup oats
– 1 ripe banana
– 1 cup almond milk
– 1 steamed beet
– 1 TBSP pure vanilla extract
– 1 TBSP ground flax seed
– 2 TBSP baking powder
– pinch of salt
– a squeeze of lemon

red velvet batter

 Look how radiant that red is! Amazing. ALL NATURAL.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (for cupcakes)

– 4 oz of 1/3 less fat Cream Cheese
– 1 TBSP of nonfat plain greek yogurt
– 1 tsp of honey
– drops of natural beet juice to desired color of pink
– dash of psyllium husk to thicken (optional)

beet frosting
CREAM CHEESE DRIZZLE (for pancakes)

Same as above but add a dash of almond milk to make it more liquidy! Or if you want the consistency to be more ooey gooey add another tsp of honey!

DIRECTIONS FOR CUPCAKES:

– Grab a fresh beet. Chop off the head and tail. Wash the skin thoroughly! You need to scrub it to get the dirt off.
– Then place it in a small bowl filled with a couple TBSP of water. Cover with saran wrap. Then microwave for about 5 min or until soft enough to puree.
– Now! Place the beet in a blender, squeeze some lemon (to preserve radiant red color) and turn it into a soft puree. If you are having difficulty mixing, feel free to add a tiny bit of water.

beet puree
– Mix the beet puree with all of your other ingredients in the blender!

red velvet batter
– Spray your muffin tin with some cooking oil, then pour it in!
– Bake at 350F for about 15 min or until the center is no longer sticky when you dip a toothpick down it.

cupcake top
– Let them cool! I put them in the freezer for about 15 min.

bags
– Then spoon your frostings into ziplock baggies, cut a small hole at the end of a corner, and go decorating crazy!

red velvet cupcakes
Beauty.
red velvet cupcakes
Me wants one now.
DIRECTIONS FOR PANCAKES:

– Use the same batter. Just spray your griddle with cooking oil then pour it on, flip, and bam you’re done!

red velvet pancakes
– Drizzle with the cream cheese drizzle recipe.

You’ll notice that I didn’t add any cocoa powder in here but that’s only because I can’t eat chocolate. Quick Cassey-factoid recap – my tastebuds are so sensitive that all chocolate tastes extremely bitter like medicine to me. But feel free to add it in if you feel like it’ll give you a richer taste.

These came out moist and OMG wonderful. They were perfect, delicious, and ahhhhhh…just makes you wanna sigh. I found that the banana was just enough sweetness for me. But if you need more, just add some honey into the batter or a tsp of Stevia.

TIP: Oh and wear an apron and maybe gloves. Beet juice stains. Have a ton of paper towels around!

Have fun and please tweet, facebook, or insta me @Blogilates and use #blogilates. Can’t wait to see!!

Love you,
Cassey

 

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  1. Aurore says:

    Hello everybody !
    Just tried the recipe as a late Valentine’s day treat as I am to celebrate with my boyfriend only tomorrow. The taste is good but the texture is a disaster … I can’t manage to cook them properly … the inside stays very wet even after 1hour in the oven! the inside is all crusty though…tried different temperatures… can’t see any improvement … Do you have any tips ? did you find a way to make them cook properly by changing some of the ingredients ? Thanks for any help !
    @ Cassey : love your blog, videos and recipes !!! well, love you and your life philosophy ! first time I can’t manage to make the treats as delicious as yours! anyway, you’re a true inspiration! Love from Paris!

  2. KMHolly says:

    Guys, you shouldn’t replace a treat with something unsatisfying like this, you’ll keep eating just to get any joy out of it! Let’s make treats with real organic butter, fat, chocolate – all those things that ARE good for you in small amounts and should be eaten with relish. This looks like a poor excuse for a treat, and I just would feel bad for myself trying to pass this off as a dessert!

    1. Alise says:

      I don’t get why this ones aren’t good though o_o. I love them more than I love “real” cake. Just because real cake doesn’t taste as good for me. It doesn’t matter if it’s super organic or whatever, it just is too sweet, too floury and idk. I just hate cakes / pancakes. But I absolutely love this recipe and the crepes and the pancakes she recommends.

      I made a beet cake for my birthday and no one noticed even that it wasn’t a “real” cake and not to speak of my chocolate avocado cake (no sugar whatsoever with dark chocolate) I had last year. So if you don’t want to try, that’s your own deal. But don’t say that it’s an excuse for a treat / dessert ;).

  3. Heidi says:

    Did you mean 2 teaspoons of baking powder?? My blender just literally exploded all over my kitchen (and me!) :O

  4. Rachel says:

    Hi Casey, I couldn’t find a place to comment on the workout videos so I figured I would ask my question here. So I have toned my butt and my legs while doing your videos, but now I have a lot of stretch marks and it’s kind of embarrassing. I keep trying to find way to get rid of them, like putting coffee on your legs so your skin will absorb the caffeine but it doesn’t work and it doesn’t seen healthy. I could probably try to tone them more but honestly I don’t think it will go away, what do you suggest? What is a good way to get rid of stretch marks?

    1. Caisa says:

      hey I actually got this problem too last year when I started trying to lose weight for the first time.
      It wasn’t the healthiest way and I dropped pounds very quickly. That’s when I got them stretchiees…
      because it was going to quickly!
      I don’t know if this is your problem(maybe not :p) but I know for a fact now that some bodies react stronger than others when u change them, even for the better!
      Muscle make your butt and legs more toned, and they change simply! if this process goes too quickly you can get stretch marks! the only really good advice I’ve got is from the site kamafitness: she basically tells you that to get rid of stretch marks u gotta eat clean + train. That’s it.
      I personally think that nobody should be ashamed of stretch marks because actually I haven’t met a person who doesn’t have them…. xD
      I have them! not so visible, but they exist! My skinny ass boyfriend have them! My best gay friend who is really ripped have them! It’s normal, who cares, don’t be embarrassed. You’re gorgeous <3
      cheers from sweden!

  5. Ramona says:

    do these taste a lot like beats?

  6. susanna says:

    Looks yummy I love your nail polish its pretty

  7. Zoë says:

    Looks delicious! I really gonna try it! 🙂 btw, your nails look fabulous 🙂

  8. Jo says:

    Nutrition??

  9. Katerina lopez says:

    How many calories is each?

  10. Christina Kim says:

    I made these, and they are tasty and beautiful! Only problem is.. I can’t get them to cook! They just turn a gross brown color on the outside and they completely flatten. Is there something I can add to fix this?? Please help! Thanks!

  11. Sarah says:

    They sounded really good, but I didn’t have beetroot or almond milk. So instead I used normal milk, added a bit of ground almond, added another egg and threw in some honey and blueberries! 🙂 Yum

  12. Emily Sara says:

    Ummmmm these were pretty gross. They need some kind of sweetener and/or cocoa in it… the consistency was chewy and wet and it tasted straight bitter like beets 🙁 but the frosting was good! we didn’t want to waste it so we put some on a couple graham crackers and it was a tasty sweet snack (but we put some vanilla in it soooo…) : )

  13. Naomi says:

    Hi Cassey!
    Great blog, so easy to navigate and I love how anything I read has suggestions for other articles I might enjoy – I could lose an entire day browsing on this blog! I really enjoyed this article in particular. I find the recipe easy to follow (the use of pictures is extremely helpful) and the cupcakes and pancakes look absolutely delicious! I like how you’ve given different options for different people (i.e. the use of cocoa or not). Keep it up!

  14. Priscilla says:

    refined this recipe! everything is the same except:
    -steamed beet
    -lemon
    +3/4c blueberries
    +egg
    +3tbsp sugar (i know its not that healthy but i am experimenting with sweetness)
    and i reduced the baking soda and flax seed amounts by .25%

    its in the oven right now. i am really hoping they come out good. if you want to stay updated on how yummy or yucky they came out still, please checkout my blog by clicking my name.

  15. Priscilla says:

    Hey Cassey! Tried out this recipe today! It was pretty terrible. Let me tell you. I don’t know how you got such a red color. Mine went brown after the oven. The frosting was way to cheesy. The cupcake it self had a not too bad flavor, but not a cupcake flavor. Cupcakes should bee sweet, but I got a bitter taste.

    For the next time I am taking out the beets all together and adding just the juice for the color. I am adding honey in the actual cupcake mix. and instead of calling it “Red Velvet” it is vanilla. And as per the frosting, less cheese, i will add vanilla extract, and vanilla greek yogurt. maybe these alterations will make them taste better. I hope so.

    I really tried to like it Cassey, i am a big fan. I was disappointed though. Oh well. Better luck next time xo

  16. PrettyCharlie says:

    Hi, All. I’m wondering if part of the trouble may be that, in sum, no two things are alike. 🙂
    1) People’s tastebuds vary, not only in number, but in proportion and how things actually ‘taste’ to a person. What’s bitter for one may not be for another. Same with “beety-ness.” The same recipe, even the same BATCH, can taste totally different to two different people. If that isn’t enough, even if they do experience similar levels of the same flavour, some folks like it and some don’t. Complicated! (chuckles)
    2) Some beets are stronger than others, and some are sweeter. And again, some folks taste them more than others.
    3) There are several kinds of oats, such as steel-cut, rolled, quick-cooking and instant. Depending on their size and % surface area, they absorb liquid differently and at different speeds. Instant oats, for example, will often give a gooey texture because they don’t hold their texture as long as rolled oats do in the presence of heat and moisture. That’s what makes them ‘instant,’ after all. So the term ‘oats’ in a recipe can cause problems. I notice that Cassey’s oats seem to have “Quick Cooking” on them. Is that right, C?

  17. Rachel says:

    These are absolutely AMAZING, Cassey!!! They are so much like real red velvet cupcakes. (P.S. I made the cupcakes!) The consistency of the batter was perfect! I used a normal 6 cupcake tin and cute baking cups, but I actually got 7 from my amount of batter (which was EVEN BETTER!). Also, I had to bake them for 30 min.

  18. Lindsay says:

    I’m a very picky eater these smelled delicious. but they were a bit too beety(I used a small beet). However, they were palatable enough and with frosting(I used strawberry chobani greek yogurt). You almost don’t taste the beets if you put about 1 TBSP on top.

  19. DeeDee says:

    I was so excited for this recipe & couldn’t wait to try it out! Had to make a lot of substitutes though!

    & it turned out to be an interesting endeavor LOL. I tried making pancakes instead of the cupcakes using 3 small beets. But had to use buckwheat b/c have no oats/have oat sensitivity. No flaxseed and didn’t have almond milk either, so used white chocolate milk. The first pancakes came out really gooey inside even though bottom was cooked 😐 I think I added too much milk… So threw in 1 cup of whole wheat flour LOL. & forgot about the lemon/lime so they didn’t turn out as red as I hope 🙁 Tasted pretty good though thanks to the banana. Thought it was gonna be a complete fail! All in all, very interesting…

  20. Gabby says:

    Oh man.. I did not like these AT ALL 🙁 I’m sowwy Cassey, I tried to like them, I really did … but … that beet flavor is just WAY too intense for me. Idk what I did wrong. I only added like 1/3 of a fairly large beet in there. I made both the pancakes and the cupcakes, and the pancakes actually weren’t too bad, they still had a beet flavor to them but they were okay. But the cupcakes… tasted like baked beets! haha. I wish I knew how to make them like you did, Cassey! I might try making these again some other time using less beets. Great concept though, and I still encourage everyone to give this recipe a try and maybe together we’ll find a solution to the over “beety-ness” of these! 🙂

  21. Rachel says:

    Hey Cassey 😉

    Thanks for posting this recipe.. I’m finally getting around to making it. The red velvet cupcakes/pancakes recipe is a cool idea V-Day or not! And it’s even better that it’s vegan in my case!
    One question I had though.. And a reason so many people might be having problems with the way their cupcakes/pancakes are turning out is that you don’t specify what size of beet to use. There’s a lot of variation in beet size! Hah And this could definitely change the recipe consistency a good bit.

    Look forward to hearing back!
    Thanks ;D
    Rachel

  22. Disappointed says:

    I decided against making these for my boyfriend for Valentines Day because I wanted to test them out first… and I’m glad I did. 🙁 I was super excited when I saw this recipe because it sounded exactly like the kind of thing I would love!
    However my stomach is now grumbly and upset after trying them out. Bummer.
    The texture was gooey inside, the outsides burned despite the low heat, and were a little too “beety” for me.
    Anyways I like reading your new recipes and love your workouts!

  23. Wow, these look soooo yummy. I shared and can’t wait to try them. Thanks so much for coming up with this recipe.

  24. Julia says:

    WOW these look delicious I can’t wait to try this! You not being able to eat chocolate is probably a blessing in disguise, but I will never know because I just <3 chocolate wayy too much 😀

  25. abyar says:

    Hey cassey im new at blogilates world,so i just wannna tell tjat i really lovbbeee your nails!can you show us how you make them? Pleasee xx♡

  26. Christy says:

    Am I the only one that can’t see the pics?

    1. Melissa Clementine says:

      I can’t either, and I could at first. Weird.

  27. Lily says:

    Can I substitute something for the beet? Can I take out the flax seed?

  28. Jessie says:

    I made these but she didn’t specify EXACTLY how much beet. Beets vary in size so “one beet” can be very very different. I had a big beet so my cupcakes came out extremely moist, gooey, and dense. Also, beet is a strong flavor. These didn’t taste like red velvet at all. They tasted like beet. I don’t know why I was surprised. Next time I think I would add probably 1/4 c cocoa powder and a half of a beet instead of a whole one.

    1. Natalie says:

      The same thing happened to me when I tried to make them 🙁 they tasted really bad. I think it was because the beet I used was to big though..

    2. V Fanao says:

      i am not sure…. but take a look at the pictures….. you can see a beet there… the beet that Cassey used was probably around that size….. pretty small i guess

  29. You can make red velvet oatmeal with beets too

    here’s my favorite version it’s to dieeee for
    https://healthyrevelations.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/healthy-red-velvet-oatmeal/

  30. Kathleen says:

    I made them this morning! They were good..would have been better if I could figure out how to get the temp right for my griddle!

  31. Renee says:

    Casey, Thank You for the recipe! I used the entire recipe to make my boyfriend a tall stack of pancakes this morning. He said they were Delicious!

    For anyone thinking about making these, I had a hard time to blending the beet in my run of the mill blender. Using a magic bullet or a small food processor will probably do a better job. Also the pancakes stayed really soft and I heated them for awhile but don’t let the softness full you, they were still really good.

  32. Michelle Wu says:

    THIS IS MIND-BLOWINGLY AWESOME. The unfortunate thing is that my cupcakes turned out a brownish-green colour after being in the oven. They still tasted delish though. My pancakes were also the same. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix that as I do not want to use food colour (they’re ridiculously expensive)?
    P.S. I added lemon juice, but it was only a few drops. Maybe I should add more?

    1. blogilates says:

      did u use fresh or canned beets? fresh makes all the difference.

      1. Michelle Wu says:

        It was fresh beets that I bought especially for this recipe. However, my beet was only around 8 x 8 in size so was that too little?

    2. Sophia says:

      Hey Michelle, did you use baking soda instead of baking powder? Baking soda can change the colour of cakes.

  33. Jessica Jann says:

    YUMMMMMM!!! Those look AMAZING….:D Happy Valentine’s Day!

  34. Phoebe says:

    Has anyone tried this?! Does it taste like Almond Milk? I think I have some somewhere, don’t really like the taste of it. But if you can’t taste almond milk in this, I’d love to try!

    1. Jessie says:

      I only tasted beet.

  35. Serena says:

    OMG CASSEY I LOVE YOU. Red velvet is my freaking love and weakness and YOU just made it HEALTHY therefore I can finally eat it without the guilt. I LOVE YOUUU def will be trying this out soon!!!

  36. Krystal says:

    Whats the nutritional info on this delish looking treat?!

    1. Jessie says:

      Try putting all the ingredients into My Fitness Pal.

  37. Farrah says:

    These look amazing! I don’t think I’ve ever baked anything with beets before. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    1. Sarah says:

      Any idea on calories/fat/protein/carbs?

  38. Kafka says:

    Wow! They look lovely and tasty, I should try it out some time . On the other hand, CASSEY, your nails!! How did you do them? They look absolutely stunning!

  39. Sunni says:

    You use a lot of banana in your recipes. Banana’s hate me! Lol. They give me the worst stomach aches. Are they vital to the consistency of these? Or are they just a filler? What can I use instead?

    1. Farrah says:

      Random, but maybe applesauce would work? Still a fruit (well, at one point, anyway) and since everything gets all mashed up anyway, that could be a viable possibility!

      1. Melissa Clementine says:

        That is a great substitute. Applesauce gets used in recipes for baking all the time. Great idea.

    2. Sophia says:

      Hey Sunni, I think she said in one of her other recipes that you can substitute the banana with a mango or something of a similar consistency 🙂

  40. Jennifer says:

    can you use a substitue for the Beets?

  41. Malin says:

    I don’t understand how you do it! I just tried the recipe, and my cupcakes turned out terrible 🙁 they’re not at all as red and beautiful as yours, and I just felt like all the flavour disappeared in the oven. Plus they didn’t wanna settle properly, so they’re all goey! What kind of almond milk/oats did you use?

    1. Bonnie says:

      the ingredients are pictured!

    2. Felicia says:

      Malin, oh my you arent alone haha!… mine blew up in the oven!!! they gooed all over the place and my pancakes were no better!! 🙁 nothing ever settled for me either, i guess i need to try again…

    3. Chelsea says:

      They also failed for me. The bottom never set up, but stayed wet and gooey – I even left them in the oven for an extra 7 minutes. But the top part cooked up and tasted really good. I used the cupcake papers to bake them – maybe that was part of the problem. I will still try it again because it was fun and tasty!

    4. K8-Styles says:

      I tried these last night and they didn’t really work out for me either 🙁
      I cooked then almost 30 minutes and they’re still all gooey inside. They don’t have much flavour either and are more muffiny tasting than sweet and cupcakey. A bit disapponted for sure! Am so willing to try again though so if anyone had any suggestions, I would love to know a trick or two!!
      I also found the icing way too cream cheesy and not sweet in the least. I think next time I would use less cream cheese and more yogurt/honey.

  42. Jess says:

    These look awesome, and I really, really, love your nails!

  43. Miss M says:

    I hope that if you’re doing Pancake Tuesday you’re doing Lent too!! Pffffft.

  44. eliza says:

    these look amazing! you’re such a genius cassey 😀 i can’t wait to try these out…i just have one question though. is there something i can use instead of ground flax seed?? it’s not exactly common where i live. thanks!

  45. Jia says:

    OMG! You are a lifesaver Cassey! My fiance’s favorite cake is red velvet, but since we found out he had celiac disease last year we have not found a successful gluten free version until now! I am so excited to try this out, he is going to be ecstatic. Questions: Do you use vanilla or just plain almond milk? and do you use rolled oats? old fashioned oats? steel-cut?

    1. Amy says:

      Jia, check out the picture of ingredients, you can see she used original almond milk and quick oats

  46. neetu(gurlsconfession) says:

    thanks for the awesome healthy recipe cassey…wld try it for sure….xx

  47. Elena says:

    Hi Cassey! Thanks for the recipe! I’m making these tomorrow but sadly no one wants to try them! Oh well.. All for me haha. I didn’t know that you couldn’t eat chocolate. Now I feel silly for suggesting it the other day. But these are gonna be SO yummy!

  48. Angelica says:

    omg can’t wait to try making these ! the cupcakes look DIVINE and the icing looks delicious !!!

  49. Brittany says:

    I just made these, but they didn’t turn out very good for me 🙁 i tried to make the cupcakes but i used canned beets. Maybe thats why?

  50. Christine says:

    Uhm… these look amazing. But I have one problem: I don’t have a microwave! Do you think I can just boil the beet instead? Thanks, Cassey!

    1. Katrin says:

      Sure, just slice them and throw them in a pot of boiling water. Or, alternatively put in the oven at 190°C for about 40 min or until soft – the boiling method is quicker though. That’s what I usually do with my beets to get them soft before I put them in a salad 🙂

  51. Amanda says:

    Cassie,
    You are incredible with creating recipes that are easy, fun, healthy and cost effective. I will definitely be making these once I make a quick run to the grocery store to buy some beets. I am really excited, they look amazingly delicious!!
    Thank you for all of your help, recipes, and workouts. You are amazing!

    -Amanda

  52. Sarah says:

    Looks sooo good!! Gonna try this and the muffin recipe rlly soon!

  53. jeneralities says:

    First of all, I agree with the person who commented on your nails, they’re awesome!

    Second, do you really use two tablespoons of baking powder? That seems like an awful lot!

    Thank you for spending so much time experimenting for us!!

    1. blogilates says:

      yea well i tried the first time with 1 tsp and it fell flat. so i just bumped it up to 2 TBS the second time. this is simply a recipe experiment, so feel free to alter as u see fit!

  54. Ami says:

    Wow thank you so much, I am SO excited to give these a try! My sister has just broken up with her bf of 4 years, so I have been searching for something cute to make her for V-day to cheer her up!!
    Question – anyone thinking of adding cocoa powder? And how much would you suggest if you do add it in?
    Ami x

  55. Sydney says:

    Omg! I am going to make these on Vday! Lovely! Btw, I <3 your nails! 🙂

  56. Autumn says:

    Looks AMAZING!!! … Can’t wait to try it , thank you for sharing! 😀

  57. Allison says:

    I was sooo looking forward for this recipe from you!! Looks super delish! And I loooove those ombre nails btw!! 🙂

  58. Kimberly says:

    If I don’t really mind having a not-red, red velvet cupcake, could I exclude the beets?

  59. Lesly says:

    OMG!!! Thanks so much for putting this up!! 🙂 I was searching like crazy to find a healthy Valentines day treat!!! 😀 now me and my bf can have something healthier 😀 we’re both trying to get fit so this is so helpful!!! :)) can’t wait to get these ingredients and start baking 😀

  60. mel says:

    Hey Cassey,

    Wow this looks like a great recipe to try out! just wondering if you’ll put up the nutritional info for these? They look amazing btw 🙂

  61. Can egg be used instead of flax?

  62. Ashley says:

    What about canned beats? Not sure where I’m going to find fresh ones. Seems to me the canned ones have already been “steamed” and cleaned & are ready to be pureed. Any thoughts?

  63. Rose says:

    Your amazing!!! These look awesome! Now I just need to find a beet…I have everything else! Thanks Cassey!

  64. Aja says:

    I really, really, really need a kitchen now! I’ll have to try these in June.

  65. TaMara says:

    Those look so tasty, I’m going to have to give it a try!

  66. Zepha says:

    Pancakes look deeeelicious and the cupcakes are almost as cute as your nails!!

  67. Emily Nard says:

    The recipes look so yummy Cassey! I can’t wait to try it all! …umm…our nails look similar :] did you go to MissJenFABULOUS’s vlog for that? I did about 3 days ago 😀 how simple was it to do?! Peace and much love!!
    -Emily (hippiemama1189)

    1. blogilates says:

      it was pretty hard but maybe i will do a tutorial on it!

      1. Emily Nard says:

        I really hope you do, I think it will be hilarious and colorful like all your other videos 😀

  68. Mandy says:

    They look delish! But one thing is missing… doesn’t red velvet generally have a bit of cocoa in it as well?

  69. Irene says:

    I’ll have to try these! I love Red Velvet cake! But I”ll probably use pureed sweet potatoes instead of oats. Maybe I’ll make them for V-day! (or Celibate Hero Pride Day, as I like to call it)

  70. Gabby says:

    Omg Omg Omg!!! Soo psyched for this recipe!! I am a cupcake LOVER and trying to balance my cupcake adoration with a healthy diet is not an easy thing to do ;( So thank you so so much for this amazing recipe, sounds oh-so delish and im totally in love with the idea of adding beets to make them red. Genius! Also totally gonna try those pancakes for breakfast this weekend… so easy so healthy so tasty. Perfect! Thanks Cassey!!<3

  71. Jess says:

    YES! I am so excited about this! I’ve been googling and googling and not finding a recipe I liked. And I am so happy and proud of you that the cupcake recipe is vegan. I can veganize the frosting recipe. My kids saw this on your FB page over my shoulder and they got soooo psyched that Miss Cassie made red cupcakes. Now they want to, and now we have an awesome Valentine’s Day project, thanks to you! xoxo

  72. Amber Aloi says:

    Love your nail polish! I can’t wait to try these, I normally don’t care for Beets, but these look to yummy not to try 🙂 Thanks

  73. Jayde says:

    Okay, I’m so making these for Valentine’s! I had seen an un-healthy recipe with the cream cheese swirled in. So, maybe I can do the same with these! Hopefully my family won’t know the difference (;

  74. Courtney says:

    So put these into MFP (only used fat free cream cheese) and figured out:
    (cupcake version)
    Per Serving: Calories per 123 Carbs 22g Fat 2g Protein 6g fiber3g sugar 11g

    Can’t wait to make them and use for breakfast make ahead!!!

    Thanks!!

  75. Rachel says:

    This sounds so good! Any suggestions for using Trader Joe’s Steamed and Peeled Baby Beets? I have them in my fridge, and I think I want to use it for pancakes on Valentine’s Day.

  76. Shannon says:

    love the nail polish! Definitely want to try this recipe 😀

  77. Fufu says:

    Casey, I don’t know if I couldn’t find it or not; but if not, you should add a Facebook ‘Like” and ‘Recommend’ button to your blogilates entries.

    1. blogilates says:

      hmm that is a great idea!!

  78. Blaze Dawson says:

    This looks so amazing! I would have never thought to use beets in sweets at all. I wish I could cook or bake I would so make those!

  79. Jaimie says:

    I made red velvet cake a few years ago for my mom’s birthday using beets instead of food coloring. The batter was bright red but after it baked it turned to brown, looking like a normal chocolate cake. It tasted great but it was still disappointing… I used a LOT of freaking beets! I’m going to try this recipe though and hopefully the cake will come out red this time!

  80. Sarah says:

    You’re amazing! I’m impressed with this recipe. 😀 I tried making a beet and cherry cake one time just for that beautiful color, but by the time it came out of the oven it was a dull pink. Sad.

  81. Tiffany says:

    I’m sure the recipe is great, but what really caught my eye is that your are wearing shorts! So jealous. High of 40 today where I am and that is actually pretty warm for this time of year!

    1. Sarah says:

      And it’s snowing here! I’m in a hoodie and fuzzy pants. 😀

  82. Katy says:

    This looks delish! I’m definitely going to try make these!

  83. Emma says:

    Mmm those look so good! I’m amazed at what you can do in the kitchen! It’s pancake day in the UK so that’s a good reason to try these, although the cupcakes look too nice not to try! Thy remind me of brownies in a way. Thanks Cassey!
    Emma xx

  84. Sara says:

    Ei Cassey!! I’m from Barcelona and I only wanted to know if you can explain some easy breakfasts to let done by the afternoon, so I don’t have to wake up half an our earlier to cook… Thanksss 😉 Love youuu

  85. Shelby says:

    Awesome!! Thank you so much!! How many calories are in these? 🙂

  86. Priscilla says:

    I am deifnitely trying this! I need to get the ingredients first but they don’t seem all that complicated to get my hands on.

  87. Ivori Rose says:

    Great recipe Cassey !

  88. Oohh these look great I have to try them! I’ve been looking for a good red velvet recipe that didn’t use a ton of red food coloring (one recipe asked for a whole bottle!), so I am so fortunate that you have posted this! Thanks Cassey! Hope you have a great valentines day!

  89. Mrs. Mohntag says:

    That look sooo delicious! I love beet and to turn it into a healthy and sweet treat is just perfect <3

  90. Allison says:

    These are SO cute!! I can’t wait to try them out for my guy on Thursday 🙂 Thank you<3

  91. Aoife says:

    Oh wow can’t wait to try these! Thanks so much for a healthy version!! 🙂