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"Healthified" Chocolate Frosted Cupcakes

Eat Better America
65% less sat fat • 46% fewer calories • 67% less fat than the original recipe. Serving a healthy dessert at your next party? Let them eat cupcakes!
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hour 20 min
Makes: 12 cupcakes
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Cupcakes
1 1/4cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
2/3cup granulated sugar
1 1/2teaspoons baking powder
1/4teaspoon salt
1/2cup fat-free (skim) milk
1/3cup unsalted butter or no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened
2teaspoons vanilla
3egg whites
Frosting
1 1/2cups powdered sugar
1/4cup unsweetened baking cocoa
2tablespoons unsalted butter or no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened
2teaspoons vanilla
1to 3 tablespoons fat-free (skim) milk
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 12 regular-size muffin cups.
2.In medium bowl, beat all cupcake ingredients except egg whites with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 1 minute.
3.Add egg whites; beat on medium speed 1 minute. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
4.Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and tops just begin to brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
5.In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar, cocoa, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 tablespoon of the milk with electric mixer on low speed. Gradually beat in just enough of remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. Spread frosting over cupcakes.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Increase flour to 1 1/3 cups. Decrease baking powder to 1 1/4 teaspoons. Heat oven to 375°F and bake 20 to 24 minutes.
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What's “Healthified”?
Eat Better America Test Kitchens replaced ingredients with great-tasting alternatives to create better-for-you recipes that are just as yummy as the originals.

Nutrition Information:

1 Cupcake: Calories 230 (Calories from Fat 70); Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 130mg; Total Carbohydrate 38g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 26g); Protein 3Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 6Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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