Kale Zebra Cupcakes - Naturally Green

These naturally green zebra cupcakes are so delicious. And isn’t the naturally green color amazing? The zebra cupcakes are naturally colored with curly kale. But they don’t taste of kale at all, they taste just like vanilla sponge cupcakes! 😀

Kale is amazing as naturally green food coloring because it dyes the cupcakes vibrant green without making the cupcakes taste like kale! I’ve made naturally green cakes and cupcakes before but cake colored with spinach tastes of spinach, sunflower seed cupcakes taste of sunflower seeds and pea cake tastes of peas. I’ll surely use kale again as naturally green food coloring, maybe to dye ice cream or custard or icing …

Ingredients For 16 Cupcakes

6 eggs
150g (3/4 cup) sugar
2 tbsp homemade vanilla sugar
200g (1 2/3 cups) flour
3 tbsp kale puree (1-2 curly kale leaves)

Sponge Cupcakes

Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla sugar until creamy. Fold in the egg whites and flour.

Kale Puree

Remove the stalks, use just the leafy parts of the kale. Boil the kale with some water for 5 minutes, drain and refresh with cold water. Using a stick blender, puree the kale until smooth.

Naturally Green Zebra Cupcakes

Preheat the oven to 160°C/ 325°F.

Divide the sponge cake batter into halves. Stir 3 tablespoons kale puree into one half.

Use one tablespoon for each batter. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the vanilla batter into the center of the cupcake liners. Next, spoon 1 tablespoon of kale batter into the center of the vanilla batter. Continue to alternate batters using 1 tablespoon of batter at a time, until the cupcake liners are 3/4 full. Bake the kale zebra cupcakes for 15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

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21 thoughts on “Kale Zebra Cupcakes – Naturally Green”

These look gorgeous! Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare

Lina says:

4th June 2018 at 1:42 pm

Thanks so much, Monika! 🙂

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I love the use of purees and veggies! They look delicious! Thank you for sharing at Fiesta Friday!

Lina says:

4th June 2018 at 1:42 pm

Thanks, Antonia! 🙂

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What a great idea:-))) They look beautifully:-))) I bake spinach cake which is also green and looks and tastes great:-)))
Greetings from Poland:-)))

Lina says:

4th June 2018 at 1:42 pm

Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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What fun!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party. Hope your week is amazing!

Lina says:

4th June 2018 at 1:43 pm

Thanks, Helen!

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Your Kale Zebra Cupcakes are beautiful, can’t wait to try this recipe! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen