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Skinny Chocolate Frosted Cupcakes
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 20 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup fat-free (skim) milk
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter or no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 egg whites
Frosting
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 to 3 tablespoons fat-free (skim) milk
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Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat all cupcake ingredients except egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 1 minute.
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Step3Add egg whites; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Step4Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and tops just begin to brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step5In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar, cocoa, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk with electric mixer on low speed. Gradually beat in just enough of remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. Spread frosting over cupcakes.
Nutrition
230
Calories
7g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
38g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 23%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 130mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 38g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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