Skinny Red Velvet Cup Cakes...mmmmm!!!!

 

 

 

What better than to bake one of your favorite recipies on a snow day!!! Better yet, finding and making the SKINNY version. Red Velvet Cake are my weakness and I can't think of a better thing to eat on a snow day. Of course sitting home all day behind the computer working your gonna crave something bad. You don't have to deprive yourself eat less or make the skinny version.

 

I am always trying to find ways to get the fat outta foods or make up recipies that are healthy, yet taste GOOD. Baking is the hardest to get the low fat version but this seemed to work and were FAB.

They were so good, I even saw red on my pup Kanes chin....he definitely sneaked a taste somehow. NO joke!! I even came up with a low fat cream cheest frosting to die for, I could eat that alone. 

 

Skinny Red Velvet Cupcakes

 

Servings: 26 • Serving Size: 1 cupcake • Calories: 141 •

 

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

 

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. Makes 26 cupcakes.

 

 Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting

• 8 oz 1/3 fat Philadelphia Cream Cheese
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth

 

Vwala!!! Manja...

 

Let me know how yours come out!!