From lurid to low-key, the bio of a muffin

I had a cooked diced beet doing nothing in the freezer, and, along the lines of the sweet potato cake caper, thought I'd see how a beet banana bread idea would go. In cupcake cases.

Sooo I beat up the beet,

drained off a cup of juice, now in the freezer for soup later, 

and blended the drained beet dice into the mashed banana.

I left out the sugar, but used the same 1.5 cups of flour, using whole-wheat, etc. And added notes as I went, to the recipe, which is starting to look like it was designed by a committee.

Basic recipe with changes galore.

Here's the lurid batter

But here's how it baked

Tamed down considerably. It took about 50 minutes. Made 16 muffins.

And the texture is very good.  These are not cupcakes, as it turns out, but unsweetened muffins. Split toasted and buttered I think they'll do.

Testing them on Handsome Son tomorrow.