ADZUKI/ADUKI RED BEAN CUPCAKES

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The East meets the West in this yummy recipe that celebrates adzuki beans! I love all kinds of adzuki confectionery, and wanted to try making a Western cupcake using the same idea. Your adzuki beans MUST be cooked so cooking them isn't accounted for here; and canned adzuki will do in a pinch. These cupcakes came out delicious though with a little more work than my stand-by cupcake recipe. Recipe #461840 pairs well with it because I love green tea and red bean flavors together, but I'm working on an adzuki frosting next! This yields about 24 cupcakes and 6-7 Texas Muffin sized ones.

Provided by the80srule

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 24 cupcakes, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup cooked adzuki beans (about 1/2 cup dry)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
3 egg whites (or 2 whole eggs)
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
milk, as needed (or soymilk, almond milk, etc)

Steps:

  • Put the adzuki beans in a food processor fitted with a sharp blade, and do a rough chop a few times.
  • Add the sugar, oil, and egg whites and pulse until they are blended together with no sugar clumps or bean pieces sticking out.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt together in a bowl, then pour this mixture into the food processor, and mix until a complete batter is formed. Add enough milk (dairy or otherwise) to the mixture to loosen it up enough to be pourable.
  • Pour the batter into lined Texas muffin or regular muffin tins.
  • Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes or until slightly browned on top.
  • Let cool for at least 45 minutes, or no longer warm, before adding frosting. I'd recommend my Matcha Green Tea Frosting, a good vanilla buttercream, or better yet an adzuki frosting!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 140.3, Fat 4.7, SaturatedFat 0.4, Sodium 77.2, Carbohydrate 21.7, Fiber 1.4, Sugar 8.4, Protein 3.2

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