If I had to choose two foods to live on for the rest of my life, I would definitely choose strawberries and chocolate. I love the two seperately and I love them together. When I stumbled upon this recipe for Low Fat Double chocolate cupcakes, I had to give them a try and see if they were any good. I was very doubtful, but when they came out of the oven and I tasted a warm, chocolate cupcake with little bits of melted chocolate inside, I was sold. Low fat can still be very delicious! Obviously I don't experiment a whole lot with the low fat foods, but it is my goal to inch my way in. I want to be healthier, but I just can't sacrifice cutting myself off from the delicious desserts that I so adore. So, in moderation I will enjoy them and be happy! I have seen many blogs lately with chocolate muffins or cupcakes, so I decided to put my own personal spin on this particular cupcake. I love strawberry shortcake, love it, love it, love it! This time, I decided to try it with chocolate. It turned out perfectly! Absolutely delicious! Each cupcake has only 139 calories and 2 grams of fat. So you can eat this dessert without guilt! Try it, you will love it!
Low Fat Double Chocolate Cupcakes
adapted from Taste of Home Comfort Food Diet Cookbook
2 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 egg white
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
1/3 cup water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and egg white, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Stir in the buttermilk, water, vinegar and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to batter just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips.
2. Fill muffin cups coated with cooking spray three-fourths full. Bake at 375 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
I dusted powdered sugar over the cupcakes for a finishing touch.
Yield: 14 cupcakes
Nutrition Facts:
1 cupcake equals 139 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 221 mg sodium, 29 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber,
14 bites:
Are you kidding me? 139 calories and 2 grams of fat? I'm sold, especially if they taste delicious!!
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Now that's my kind of strawberry shortcake! I love that the muffins are low-fat, and if you say they are chocolatey and good I know I'll love them! You picture is really awesome, too!
Chocolate, strawberries and cream...mmm... that looks and sounds so good!
They look so sinful, Steph, it's hard to believe they're low fat!
Beautiful - I love strawberries and chocolate, too, especially together!
I love strawberry shortcake and chocolate...never would have thought to put the two together, but really, it makes perfect sense! Sounds great
Very pretty and they sound good too! Yum!
I'm usually wary of low fat desserts, but this one sounds fantastic!! I usually limit myself to dessert once a week so I can not feel guilty, but with these, I could have one every day!
Beautiful Steph!!
These look so yummy. Great pic!
What a great idea! I'm sold! These are going on the menu!
Chocolate and strawberries - yum! Low fat too. Have I died and gone to heaven? Nice to find your blog!
Mmmm... these look quite delicious for diet cupcakes!
I am seriously trying to lose the baby wieght from my last pregnancy--but I am REALLY missing treats! Thank you so much for this recipe!! They look amazingly delicious, especially for only 2 grams of fat!! WOW!
Hi. I just posted about this recipe on my blog -- I made these cupcakes yesterday and they were yummy! I had to hold myself back from just eating the batter raw, but they were great baked too. Thanks. Here's the link: http://blog.feefifoto.com/2008/07/my-cupcakes-home.html
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