Going back on Weight Watchers has put a cramp in my cupcake style. For the plan I'm on, I have 35 "points" that I can play around with each week (an average of 5 a day) to eat whatever I want. Sadly, though, regular cupcakes are 5-8 points (and sometimes more if it's got fancy frosting)! Yikes! That leaves no room for things like, say, bread (it's hard to have a sandwich without bread).Weight Watchers has a popular cake recipe where you mix a box of cake mix with a can of diet soda instead of the oil and eggs. Making cupcakes this way gets you surprisingly yummy cupcakes but they are 3 points each before frosting....and who wants to eat a cupcake without frosting?
So I set to work in my magical kitchen to whip up a low-point cupcake concoction of my very own. The results were a bit of a hybrid brownie-cupcake (it's a bit more dense than a regular cupcake) but Joe really liked them (and he's not on Weight Watchers) and overall, I think they're pretty good. And the best part is that after you add 1 Tablespoon of frosting, they come to just2 points. Just 2 points! That means I can have 2 if I want! Woo Hoo!
The recipe is here: on BakeSpace
Man, those look yummy. They would slip me into a diabetic coma. LOL! Sometimes it bites being a Type 1 Daibetic. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteGreat baking though! I can just look at them and dream.
Those look tasty, but Diet Soda?
ReplyDeleteYou didn't knit a cupcake thing, did you?
No, Sassy I didn't knit a cupcake.
ReplyDeleteCarissa... we're posting this recipe in our next newsletter (feb. 5th). I love it.. I'm a complete cupcakeaholic. Now I can have my cake and eat it too! -Babette
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled upon this recipe the other day and made the cupcakes tonight. YUMMY!!! What a great one point treat. I left off the frosting and just sprinkled them with a little powdered sugar. Got any more one point wonders to share??
ReplyDeleteTamra...
ReplyDeleteGlad you like my cupcakes. I haven't been on weight watchers for a couple years now so if I had any amazing 1 pt. recipes, I don't remember them. I do really like the little snack cakes that weight watchers sells. I also like the fruities. You can have a whole package for 1 point I think.