Low Fat Zebra Cupcakes

by LILLIAN-R in Cooking > Cupcakes

815 Views, 7 Favorites, 0 Comments

Low Fat Zebra Cupcakes

zebra cupcakes signed.jpg
INGREDIENTS:
 
2 cups root beer
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 tbls. butter
4 tbls. applesauce
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 large eggs
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Put 24 paper cupcake liners in a cupcake pan.
In a medium size sauce pan heat root beer, cocoa powder, butter and applesauce until butter melts.
Then add both sugars and whisk until dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool.
In a small bowl beat eggs with salt and baking soda until combined.
Then add to cooled root beer mixture.
Add in the flour and mix until blended. There will be lumps but that's okay.
Fill all 24 cupcake liners and bake for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Cool completely then drizzle with glaze.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
DRIZZLE RECIPE
 
1/2 cup powdered
2 oz. fat free cream cheese
1/2 tbls. root beer
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
Mix the 3 ingredients together until smooth.
If glaze is too thin add more sugar. If the glaze is too thick add more root beer.
Dip the tip of a butter knife into the glaze and drizzle over cooled cupcakes in a thin stream.

CHECK OUT MORE INFO ON THIS RECIPE HERE...http://myrecipejourney-lillian.blogspot.com/2013/02/zebra-cupcakes-low-fat.html