Skinny Red Velvet Cupcakes
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- Number of Servings: 22
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups cake flour 1 cup white whole wheat flour 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp unsweetened dutch-process cocoa 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp white vinegar 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce 1/4 cup butter, softened 1 egg 2 egg whites 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/3 cup light buttermilk 1 tbsp red food coloring 8 oz 1/3 fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350. Line cupcake tins with liners. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flours, salt, cocoa, and baking powder. In another large bowl beat sugar, applesauce and butter. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In a separate bowl mix baking soda and vinegar. Add half of the dry ingredients into the egg mixture, mix well. Add buttermilk, red food coloring and mix well. Add the remaining dry ingredients and fold in vinegar and baking soda. Pour in prepared cupcake liners 3/4 of the way. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool, then frost with low fat cream cheese frosting.
Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Serving Size: Makes 22 cupcakes
Number of Servings: 22
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MENAGERIE56.
Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Serving Size: Makes 22 cupcakes
Number of Servings: 22
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MENAGERIE56.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 163.2
- Total Fat: 4.6 g
- Cholesterol: 20.7 mg
- Sodium: 70.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 27.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
- Protein: 3.9 g
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