Well that’s an oxymoron. And before anyone asks, no, this was not intentional. I had the grand idea to use some beautiful purple sweet potato (PSP) in a wonderful morning mug cake. I also felt like adding a bit extra baking soda to make it really rise and be fluffy. Now, if you know anything about baking, you know that baking soda is an alkaline substance and can make your baked goods green or blue when mixed with say something like a PSP. It can happen when you don’t mix well enough or because you used too much. So I thought I would have a pretty purple mug cake, but instead, it was green!
I was a little bummed out because it tasted great, just wasn’t the color I had hoped for. I didn’t want to play around with the measurements again and worry about getting good morning light for some pictures for the blog. Thus, I thought long and hard what I should do with this little experiment. Then it hit me! It is Halloween time! All is not lost my friends!
MY LATEST VIDEOSI am also not one of those bloggers to post cutesy themed holiday recipes. Like oranges turned into jack-o-lanterns. But when the perfect opportunity arises to salvage a recipe and make it relevant, well, I just have to take it. A ghoulish green PSP mug cake it is! The perfect Halloween breakfast experiment 😉 Tell the kids they can have a healthy green cake with vanilla frosting on Halloween morning and see what they say 😉
Ghoulish Green Purple Sweet Potato Mug Cake
Ingredients: (serves 1)
+ 2 TB Buckwheat Flour
+ 2 TB Oat Flour
+ 2 TB Mashed Purple Sweet Potato
+ 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
+ 1/4 Tsp Baking Powder
+ 1/4 Tsp Pure Bourbon Vanilla Extract
+ 7 Drop Vanilla Stevia
+ 1/4 Cup Water
Vanilla Frosting:
+ 1 TB Vanilla Protein Powder
+ 2 TB Water
Directions:
+ In a ramekin or mug, combine flours, baking soda, baking power, and stir. Then add the mashed PSP, vanilla, stevia, and water. Mix extremely well until you don’t have any lumps. (O actually used my hands to really break up the potato!)
+ Microwave on high for 1 minutes.
+ Mix the protein powder and water together in a tiny bowl, remove the ramekin from the microwave, top with the thick frosting, put it back in the microwave, and cook for an additional 20 seconds.
+ Remove and enjoy this lovely Halloween treat!
I didn’t realize it, but Halloween is on a Friday! That never happens! I mean, it’s not really a big deal anymore since I’m not trick-or-treating, but Fridays are the best days! Even though I said I’m not dressing up for Halloween, I may need to rethink that. Maybe I should be a PSP? Sounds like a good idea to me 😉
So tell me:
+ Have you ever had the magic color change in your baked goods?
+ What is your favorite Halloween candy?! I always jumped for joy when I got those cute little boxes of Junior Mints! (Frozen Junior Mints are the bomb.com! Try it!)
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I think you know how much I love sweet potatoes since I use them in everything! Looks good! Love how healthy it is!
Haha, I basically eat potatoes every day 😛 I need to make this mug cake again now that PSPs are back in season!
i thought this looked familiar! i remember these, i must try it this year! SO FUN!
Spooky “experiments” 😉 I’ll be making one soon!
I’ve never had a colour change but I’ve never heard of purple sweet potato either! #tastytuesdays
Purple Sweet Potatoes will literally change your life!
Looks delicious! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Thanks!
I am going to have to make this for the kids! I just made a sunbutter mug cake, literally 10 minutes ago 🙂 YUM Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 I can’t wait to see what you share this week! Its LIVE!
Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
Hahaha! Aren’t mug cakes the best!? 😉
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Sure!
I love mug cakes!
Haha, o me too 😉
This looks great! Can’t be too disappointed if it tasted good 😉
Thanks for sharing this on Healthy Vegan Fridays (and for all of your awesome contributions!). I am pinning this recipe to our Pinterest Board.
Thanks Rebecca =)
Haha, thanks Kimmy 😉
I’m hopping over from the Tasty Tuesday link up. I had no idea that baking soda could result in a green color like this! It’s a good tidbit to know. I’m glad to hear the cake still tasted good and you could salvage it with a Halloween spin 🙂
I’m happy it happened! The green was so much more fun 😉 Hahaha!
I’ve had those days when something I’ve baked hasn’t come out quite right. Way to take it in stride and turn it into something fun! Thanks so much for linking up with Merry Monday! Have a great day!
I think it’s better this way anyway!
Thanks for coming and linking up at #The Weekend Social! I hope to see you there! Pinned
Thanks for checking out the post!
Halloween is the perfect excuse to make questionably colored food. Especially when it sounds this good! 🙂
Hahaha, you got that right 😉
I bet my boys would love this they are big sweet potato fans!!
Thanks for linking up with me!
Jennie @ The Diary of a Real Housewife
http://thediaryofarealhousewife.blogspot.com
Yes! It is such a fun treat!
love this idea! perfect for halloween!
Yup! Thanks friend! 🙂
I have yet to see a purple sweet potato!
I must send you one!
Oh wow this looks incredible, going to make this! Love a pud in a mug! Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Thank you!!
Haha that’s so funny I can’t believe it turned green! I’m so envious of you stateside folk and your PSP’s – they don’t sell them anywhere in the UK! just regular orange ones for us… I wonder would they go green too? Only one way to find out… 😀
Baking soda turns anything green if you use a lot!
baby boxes of junior mints? must be the joys of living south of the border. mine is a very canadian treat, coffee crisp!
Anything with coffee!
I love purple sweet potato but I didn’t realize that adding baking soda for turn them green. That is good to know. This sounds delicious and something that I am going to tryl Thanks for sharing Real Food Fridays blog hop. Pinned & twitted.
I hope you do! It’s so fun!
I had to chuckle at your post. I am not the cutesy Halloween baker either. I have been experimenting with purple sweet potatoes as well because of their “cool factor” with my kids. Thanks for sharing on Gluten Free and DIY Tuesdays 🙂
The best way to eat a PSP is baked and topped with coconut butter!
Well, it sure looks tasty! I remember when I was an undergrad studying nutrition (back in “the day”) we’d put baking soda in water and then cook broccoli, and it would bring out the green color. Or maybe it dulled it. Yikes. I’d better go and do some googling. Other than that, I haven’t done too much crazy food science lately 🙂
I bet it made it brighter!
I didn’t know baking soda turned sweet potato green, too! I know it does this to sunflower butter, but you can counteract it by adding less soda, and a bit of lemon juice. Fun idea for Halloween though!
It can turn anything green. Plus this was a PSP! I didn’t want less 😛
Vanilla Bourbon? Yes please sign me up! I keep seeing purple sweet potatoes this would be a great reason to buy them. So haoloween-y is that a thing?
Lol, it’s just real extract, not imitation.
love this idea – will have to try! thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks!
This is very very interesting. I need to try this out of curiousity. lol.
It is awesome!
I am intrigued by your recipe! I love sweet potatoes but have never thought to use them in a cake. Oh, and my favorite candy is sour patch kids 🙂
Potatoes/squashes are always the best in cakes!
Sour Patch is totally not a bad choice 😉
Yum! I love a new way to incorporate sweet potato!
Thanks for the great recipe.
Warmly,
Jennifer
Thanks Jennifer!
Wow that’s like nothing I’ve ever seen-super creative! Thanks for linking up with us today. Hope you will check out our recipes as well 🙂
Haha thanks!
I loved how you turned a disappointing situation into a fun one! Halloween is one of my favourite holidays, I’m super excited that it’s coming soon!
Not disappointing so much as surprising, haha!
That’s just awesome! Such a different color. And it sounds great! Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
Thanks Chelsea!
Sounds delicious!!
Thanks!
Hahaha! We just LOVE your “experiments”! And even happier that you are enjoying the Stokes Purple® Sweet Potatoes we sent to you.
Keep bugging your local stores about them!
My whole foods has no idea how Arlington has them. They even checked with that manager….so….problem!
yum! I was just looking for breakfast 🙂 I think I’ll try this with some of my roasted squash!
Give it a shot! But you won’t get the great color! 😉
Baking fail saved by Halloween!! I love halloween themed posts, cutesy or not it makes me excited! Once you’re past the trick or treating age, you’ve gotta do something to make halloween special 🙂
And that’s why a green mug cake fits the bill 😉
Loving the ghoulish cake idea, perfect for little monsters
Perfect for big monsters too 😉
yay for vanilla bourbon extract!!
The one and only!
ANNNND the eight year old (and the 8 yo in me ) WILL LOVE.
Haha, you know its going to be a good Halloween 😉