April Fools Day Colorful Meatloaf Cupcakes Recipes

APRIL FOOLS' MEATLOAF CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Meatloaf:
• Pre-heat oven 350.
• Mix all ingredients by hand, do not over mix.
• Roll meatloaf into giant meatballs, and try to form into the cupcake liners, remember they shrink!
• Baste the top with the ketchup mixture.
• Bake for 30-45 minutes.
• Buttercream:
• Peel and chop the potatoes and bring to a boil in a large pot.
• Once the potatoes are done add them to your stand mixer bowl along with the butter, and salt.
• Mix at medium speed until potatoes are broken up, then slowly add the milk.
• Add more milk if needed for desired consistency.
• Once potatoes are semi-cooled add them to a piping bag with tip of your choice, and top the meatloaf cupcakes.
• optional: we like to stuff ours with little mozzarella balls or cubes of cheddar! :)

MEATLOAF CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Place bread in a bowl.
• Add 2 cups milk and toss with bread. Reserve.
• In a sauté pan over medium high heat, add 2 tablespoons oil and sauté onions for approximately 4 minutes, or until they become translucent. Reserve.
• In a large bowl, use your hands to mix hamburger, eggs, thyme, parsley, salt, pepper, nutmeg, soaked bread, onions and ketchup.
• Set cupcake liners in a muffin tin, spray, and fill with meatloaf mixture.
• Smooth tops so that they are flat.
• Bake for 3/4 hours, or until fully cooked.
• Boil potatoes in a large pot of water until tender to the touch of a fork.
• Drain water and mash with butter and half and half. Mash until smooth.
• If coloring potatoes, divide mashed potatoes into 2 separate bowls. Add 1 tablespoon grated beet to one batch and all the parsley to the other.
• Blend until you have a batch of pink and a batch of green potatoes.
• When meatloaf is done, "ice" half with pink and half with green mashed potatoes.
• Sprinkle with Indian fennel candies and serve immediately.

" CUPCAKES"

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Line 12 muffin tin cups with foil bake cups.
• In a large bowl, mix together all of the meat loaf ingredients until well combined. Divide the mixture evenly among the lined cups (the liners should be about three quarters full).
• Place the filled muffin tins on a cookie sheet and bake the cupcakes for about 15 minutes or until cooked through.
• Divide the mashed potatoes among three small bowls and stir a few drops of food coloring into each batch to create blue, yellow, and pink pastel frostings.
• Spread a generous dollop on each cupcake.

MEATLOAF CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix ground beef, saltine crackers, onion, green bell pepper, milk, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, black pepper, and seasoned salt together in a bowl.
• Stir ketchup and brown sugar together in a bowl. Spoon ketchup mixture into the bottom of each muffin cup of a 6-cup muffin tin.
• Fill muffin cups with beef mixture, leaving 1/2-inch space on the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Drain fat from muffin cups.
• Top each 'cupcake' with mashed potatoes and Cheddar cheese.
• Continue baking until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.

APRIL FOOLS' DAY MEATLOAF "CAKE"

Steps:

• Preparing the Meat Loaf.
• 1. Preheat oven to 375°F In a large bowl, combine ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, green onions, milk, parsley, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper just until blended.
• 2. Divide mixture between two 8-inch round cake pans, patting to cover pans evenly and make level.
• 3. Bake meat loaves until juices run clear when meat is pierced with a fork, or meat loaves register 170F on a meat thermometer, 20-25 minutes. Remove pans from the oven; cover loosely with foil and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Decorating the Meat Loaf.
• 1. Pour off juices from pans. Invert 1 meat loaf onto a flat serving plate. Using a small sharp knife, trim red peppers so that they lie flat. Cover top of meat loaf with a single layer of roasted red peppers.
• 2. Invert second meat loaf onto red pepper layer. Using a spatula, spread 2 1/2 cups mashed potatoes over top and sides of meat loaf. Spoon remaining potatoes into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Pipe swirls around top edges of cake. Pipe stars around bottom of cake.
• 3. Place cherry tomatoes, stem-ends down, in a ring around top of meat loaf "cake" to resemble cherries. Cut meat loaf into wedges; serve immediately.