Hungry Girl Cooking: Berry-licious Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes while at my sister's house celebrating my niece's 3rd birthday.  I'm pretty sure they were a hit since almost all of them were devoured rather quickly.  The icing tasted great too. You can find this recipe in Hungry Girl's first cookbook or on the Weight Watchers website.  Enjoy!

Hungry Girl/Weight Watchers Berry-licious Cupcakes - 3 Points+

Ingredients

• 4 oz Cool Whip Whipped Topping Free Whipped Topping, half an 8 oz container  
  
• 1/4 cup(s) fat-free cream cheese, softened  
  
• 2 Tbsp SPLENDA® SPLENDA No Calorie Sweetener (I used regular sugar) 
  
• 1/8 tsp vanilla extract  
  
• 1/8 tsp food colouring, neon pink, divided (2 drops)  
  
• 1/2 Tbsp Hershey's Sugar free strawberry syrup, or raspberry variety  
  
• 9 1/8 oz regular white cake dry mix, 2 cups (half an 18.25 oz package)  
  
• 1 cup(s) diet cola, black cherry flavor (I used Diet Dr. Pepper)
  
• 4 large egg white(s), about 1/2 cup  
  
• 6 medium strawberries, pureed    

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
   
   
2. In a medium bowl, combine whipped topping, cream cheese, Splenda, vanilla extract, 1 drop of food coloring and syrup. Using an electric mixer at medium-low speed, blend until frosting is thoroughly mixed, about 1 minute. Chill frosting in freezer for 20 minutes and then transfer to refrigerator until ready to frost cupcakes.
   
   
3. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, soda and egg whites; add pureed strawberries and remaining drop of food coloring. Mix with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until smooth, about 45 seconds.
   
   
4. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray, or line with cupcake wrappers. Evenly spoon batter into prepared muffin pan.
   
   
5. Bake until firm, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely in pan. Once cool, remove cupcakes from pan and evenly spread with frosting. Yields 1 cupcake per serving.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011