Weight Watchers Red Velvet Cupcakes - 5 SmartPoints
A perfect sweet treat and only 5 SmartPoints each! A beautiful red colour with a velvety soft and fluffy cake, topped with a low-fat vanilla cream cheese frosting. Super quick and easy to make, you'll be whipping up a batch in no time.
Ingredients
CUPCAKE INGREDIENTS
- 60 g low-fat spread
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 10 g cocoa powder
- 15 g tube red gel food colouring
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 ml low-fat natural yoghurt
- 150 g plain flour sifted
- .5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- .5 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp skimmed milk
FOR THE FROSTING
- 150 g low-fat soft cheese
- 75 g 0% fat natural Greek yoghurt
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas 4. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases.
- Put the spread and caster sugar into a mixing bowl and beat with an electric whisk until pale and fluffy - about 5 minutes. (picture 1)
- Add the egg and continue beating until well combined. (picture 2)
- Sift in the cocoa powder, add the whole tube of food colouring and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Mix in half the yoghurt, followed by half the flour and beat well. Repeat with the remaining yoghurt and flour and beat until fluffy - about 2 minutes. (picture 3)
- On a low speed, beat in the bicarbonate of soda and white wine vinegar, then gradually add enough milk so that the mixture drops easily from a spoon. (picture 4)
- Divide the mixture between the cake cases, don't worry that they only look half full the mixture will rise when it bakes. Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. The cakes will be risen and springy to the touch. Once baked, cool in the tin for a few minutes then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
- Trim the top of the cakes so they are level reserving some crumbs to decorate the icing with later.
- To make the frosting, mix the soft cheese, yoghurt, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl. Swirl on to of the cupcakes with a piping bag and round nozzle if you have them, if not use a spoon to spread a dollop of frosting on top of each cake.
- Scatter with cake crumbs to decorate.