Ladybug Spring Cupcakes
Low-cal Chocolate Cupcakes
2 cups chocolate cake mix (I used Devil's Food)
1 packet hot cocoa mix
1 1/4 cups water
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 cup fat-free egg substitute
Frosting
2 sugar-free vanilla pudding cups
3 Tbsp fat-free cream cheese
powdered sugar
food coloring
2 sugar-free vanilla pudding cups
3 Tbsp fat-free cream cheese
powdered sugar
food coloring
Toppings
crushed Oreo cookies
strawberries
Directions
1. In a glass, mix cocoa with 1/4 cup hot water and let cocoa dissolve. Add 1 cup cold water and stir.
2. In a bowl, mix together cake mix, hot cocoa mixture, sugar and egg substitute.
3. Pour into prepared muffin tins.
4. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes (keep a close eye, original recipe said 15 minutes).
5. Allow to cool completely. Meanwhile, mix together cream cheese, pudding and some powdered sugar (I only used this to thicken the frosting). Separate frosting into three bowls and dye blue, green and some kind of black or gray color. Slice strawberries into circles. Crush up some Oreos.
6. Spread some blue frosting on the cupcake (covering the top completely). Add some "dirt." Then add the grass, ladybug, and last, the ladybug spots!
*I realize I could have just done a ladybug in a blue sky but Abby insisted on the dirt and grass! :)
This post is linked to:
Delicious Dishes
Sweet Tooth Friday
Feasting in Fellowship Fridays
Directions
1. In a glass, mix cocoa with 1/4 cup hot water and let cocoa dissolve. Add 1 cup cold water and stir.
2. In a bowl, mix together cake mix, hot cocoa mixture, sugar and egg substitute.
3. Pour into prepared muffin tins.
4. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes (keep a close eye, original recipe said 15 minutes).
5. Allow to cool completely. Meanwhile, mix together cream cheese, pudding and some powdered sugar (I only used this to thicken the frosting). Separate frosting into three bowls and dye blue, green and some kind of black or gray color. Slice strawberries into circles. Crush up some Oreos.
6. Spread some blue frosting on the cupcake (covering the top completely). Add some "dirt." Then add the grass, ladybug, and last, the ladybug spots!
*I realize I could have just done a ladybug in a blue sky but Abby insisted on the dirt and grass! :)
This post is linked to:
Delicious Dishes
Sweet Tooth Friday
Feasting in Fellowship Fridays
they turned out so sweet! the dirt is fun;)
ReplyDeleteOf course Abby wanted dirt and grass. :)
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Love that this is a low cal recipe.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up with Sweet Tooth Friday. I hope to see you again this week.