RECIPES FROM THE EVENT

- Shannan Swanson, Tastybaby Co-Founder.

Spiced Sweet Potato Cupcakes

1 cup organic sugar

¾ cups(1 & ½ sticks) unsalted organic butter, room temperature

3 large organic egg whites

1 large organic egg

6 (3.5-oz) packs of Tastybaby “Sweetie Pie” or

2 (15-oz) cans organic sweet potatoes, drained and mashed or 2 cups fresh organic sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed

1 cup organic 2%(reduced fat) milk

2 cups organic all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp. ground organic cinnamon

1 tsp ground organic pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp organic vanilla extract

Our Tasty Recipe:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, or in a large bowl, beat together sugar and butter until creamy. Add egg whites and egg, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in “Sweetie Pie” or sweet potatoes.

In another bowl, mix together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to sweet potato mixture, beating well after each addition. Slowly add the milk until mixture is super creamy then add vanilla.

Pour batter into a non-stick cupcake pan, or use cupcakes liners(my personal choice). Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.

Ice the cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting(see recipe below) or serve plain with a little butter(my daughter’s favorite).Makes 16 large cupcakes or 80 mini cupcakes.

Cream Cheese Frosting

I like this recipe for cream cheese frosting because it is a cinch to make and uses ½ the amount of sugar that most recipes call for. Get the kids involved…this recipe is as easy as 1-2-3!

2 (8 ounce) packages organic cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup organic unsalted butter(1 stick), softened

2 cups sifted organic confectioners' sugar

1 tsp organic vanilla extract

Our Tasty Recipe:

In an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, or in a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar. If using and electric mixer make sure the mixer is off when adding the sugar or you could have a royal mess!

Ice the cupcakes, and/or store in the refrigerator after use.

Bango Smoothie

4 packs of Tastybaby “Bangos”, or  2 frozen, ripe bananas and

1 mango, peeled and cut into chunks

8 ounces of organic apple juice

2 cups low fat or fat free vanilla yogurt

1 cup of ice

Our Tasty Recipe:

If you are not lucky enough to have our delicious “Bangos”--cut bananas and a mango into chunks. In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. If the smoothie is too thick, thin with a little more apple juice. Pour into 4 large glasses…yummy!