Red Velvet Cupcakes
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Channel: Veterans Health Administration · 2016 · Education
Want to have your cake and eat it too? Join Registered Dietitian, Angie Sebree as she prepares a lightened-up version of red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. For more information on VA’s Healthy Teaching Kitchens or more recipes, please visit: http://www.nutrition.va.gov/Healthy_Teaching_Kitchen.asp Diet Soda Cupcake Recipe (Serves 16) Ingredients: 1 box of cake mix 12oz can of diet soda Directions: Beat cake mix and diet soda until incorporated. Place in lined cupcake pan, fill until 2/3 full with batter. Bake according to cake package directions. Nutrition Facts per serving: Calories 135, Fat 2gm, Carbohydrate 29gm, Sugar 22gm, Sodium 60mg Lightened Up Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients: 8oz 1/3 reduced fat cream cheese ¼ cup Splenda 1 tub Free Cool Whip Directions: Soften cream cheese in microwave (15-30 seconds), mix in Splenda, and then fold in 1 container of cool whip. Keep frosting refrigerated if not using promptly. Nutrition Facts per 1/16th of recipe: Calories 60, Fat 3gm, Carbohydrate 6gm, Sugar 3gm, Sodium 78mg
