Bring out a plate of delightful chocolate cupcakes and watch them disappear. Only you need to know how healthful they are!
Chocolate-Espresso Cupcakes
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 whole egg
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup light chocolate soymilk
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee granules
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- Powdered sugar, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly spray 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray, or line with paper baking cups.
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Step2In medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium bowl, beat egg whites, whole egg, sugar and oil with electric mixer on medium-high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until well mixed. Alternately add flour mixture and soymilk, beating on low speed after each addition, until well blended. Add coffee granules and vanilla; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about 3 tablespoons each).
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Step3Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Just before serving, sift powdered sugar over tops of cupcakes.
Nutrition
170
Calories
6g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
17g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 170
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 125mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 85mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 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 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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