Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes
The chopped cherries blend into the ultra-rich chocolate cake, giving these cupcakes a slight cherry flavor while keeping it super-moist with little added oil. The combination of reduced-fat cream cheese and sour cream gives the frosting cheesecake-like flavor with about 40 calories and 3 grams saturated fat less than a traditional cream cheese frosting.
Source: EatingWell Magazine, May/June 2010
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Ingredients
Directions
Tips
Ingredient Note: Look for whole-wheat pastry flour in the natural-foods section of large supermarkets and natural-foods stores. Store in the freezer.
Tip: No buttermilk? You can make “sour milk” as a substitute: mix 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar to 1/2 cup nonfat milk.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 cupcake
Per Serving:
269 calories; protein 4.8g; carbohydrates 41.8g; dietary fiber 2.6g; sugars 25.9g; fat 10.2g; saturated fat 3.3g; cholesterol 30.1mg; vitamin a iu 191.2IU; vitamin c 1.4mg; folate 31.1mcg; calcium 52.2mg; iron 1.3mg; magnesium 24.3mg; potassium 150.1mg; sodium 290.7mg; thiamin 0.1mg; added sugar 23g.
Exchanges:
3 other carbohydrates, 2 fat