Cocoa Beet Cupcakes

Super moist, dense in a luxurious way, the beet and cocoa combination elevates the flavor making them not very sweet, but oh so chocolicious.

2 cups cake flour (00)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ teaspoons baking powder
pinch salt
3 eggs
¾ cup sunflower oil
1¼ cups natural cane sugar
1½ cups fresh beets (about 3 small/medium), cooked and pureed
1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting:
1 stick butter, room temperature
3/4 cup icing sugar
1 vanilla bean, scraped
pinch of salt
1 cup mascarpone, room temperature

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