Red Velvet Cupcakes

Want to have your cake and eat it too? Join Registered Dietitian, Angie Sebree as she prepares a lightened-up version of red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. For more information on VA’s Healthy Teaching Kitchens or more recipes, please visit: www.nutrition.va.gov/Healthy_Teaching_Kitchen.asp

Diet Soda Cupcake Recipe (Serves 16)

Ingredients:
1 box of cake mix
12oz can of diet soda

Directions:
Beat cake mix and diet soda until incorporated. Place in lined cupcake pan, fill until 2/3 full with batter. Bake according to cake package directions.

Nutrition Facts per serving:
Calories 135, Fat 2gm, Carbohydrate 29gm, Sugar 22gm, Sodium 60mg

Lightened Up Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
8oz 1/3 reduced fat cream cheese
¼ cup Splenda
1 tub Free Cool Whip

Directions:
Soften cream cheese in microwave (15-30 seconds), mix in Splenda, and then fold in 1 container of cool whip. Keep frosting refrigerated if not using promptly.

Nutrition Facts per 1/16th of recipe:
Calories 60, Fat 3gm, Carbohydrate 6gm, Sugar 3gm, Sodium 78mg