This is a rare Would You Eat This wherein I first heard about meatloaf cupcakes, I thought they sounded gross. Then later, after finding this photo I decided they looked delicious.
The "icing" is made of mashed potatoes, and the pink coloring comes from beetroot.

With the
presidential race speeding up and the
Fourth of July hot on our heels, it seems like a perfect time to make some red, white, and blue cupcakes. (As if any of us needed an excuse to make cupcakes.)
This recipe comes from TeamSugar member
HonestMuffin, who put her namesake muffin pans to good use to make these red-velvet cupcakes. To give the treats a patriotic twist, she topped the cream-cheese frosting with blue star sprinkles.

If you weren't keen on serving a
buttermilk pie at your
Kentucky Derby party — although I'm not sure why you wouldn't be. — then try these
Mint Julep Cupcakes instead. Just don't suck up the frosting with the straw.