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.