addicted to recipes

all things food

  • home
  • recipes
  • travel
  • about me

Green Velvet Cupcakes

March 14, 2011 By denise 2 Comments

I love making food for specific holidays so this weekend I made some green cupcakes to get ready for St. Patrick’s Day. Looking around on the Weight Watchers website I found a red velvet cupcake recipe and knew I could color them green instead of red to go with the holiday theme.

Last year I had my first red velvet cupcake and I’ve been hooked ever since. Finding one that is Weight Watchers-friendly was an additional treat.


Green Velvet Cupcakes (recipe adapted from Weight Watchers)

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1 tsp table salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 1/4 cup(s) buttermilk
1 tsp white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract, divided
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light butter, softened
2 large eggs
* Note: I reduced the recipe by half *

Additions:

1/3 cup applesauce
1/8 tsp espresso powder

Nutella, if desired
Lite Cool Whip

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare muffin tins with liners.

In a bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa; set aside.

In another bowl, mix together buttermilk, vinegar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract; set aside.

With an electric mixer on high speed, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed and add eggs, one at a time, until incorporated thoroughly.

Add 1/3 each of flour and buttermilk mixtures to sugar mixture; beat until just combined. Repeat until all of flour and buttermilk mixtures are incorporated. Add applesauce and espresso powder and mix thoroughly. Add green food coloring to desired coloring and mix well with mixer.

Fill each muffin tin about 3/4 full with batter. (Note: these do not rise very much as shown in the photos below.)

Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out dry, about 25 -30 minutes; cool for 5 minutes in pan and then cool completely on a wire rack.

Dig a hole in the center and add some Nutella for even more chocolate flavor.
Spread green food coloring along sides of icing bag; fill with Cool Whip and pipe onto cupcake.



Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Dessert

« Egg and Potato Scramble
Weight Watchers Chicken-Fried Steak and Garlic Mashed Red Potatoes »

Comments

  1. Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKING says

    March 15, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    We are hosting a linky party THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS with "Everything GREEN for St. Patrick's Day". We would LOVE for you to link up this amazing recipe!

    http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-weeks-cravings-linky-party-20-go.html
    Reply
  2. Tina @ MOMS CRAZY COOKING says

    March 18, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    Thanks for coming by and linking up to THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS "everything green"! Each Monday is a new theme and on this Monday it will be CHOCOLATE... CHOCOLATE... and MORE CHOCOLATE. I hope you have a recipe to come link-up (or maybe this will inspire you to make something new this weekend). Hope to see ya Monday at THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS!

    http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/search/label/THIS%20WEEKS%20CRAVINGS
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Follow addicted 2 recipes!

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on Google+Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on FlickrFollow Us on InstagramFollow Us on PinterestFollow Us on E-mail
Follow on Bloglovin

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Subscribe to the RSS Feed

RSS Feed RSS - Posts

RSS Feed RSS - Comments

Instagram

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No posts found.

Make sure this account has posts available on instagram.com.

Top Posts

Joanna Gaines Lemon Bars
Fideo con Carne and Papas
Super Bowl Appetizer: Chicken Artichoke Flatbread ala Outback Steakhouse
Lemon Meringue Pie in a Mason Jar
Tweets by @addicted2recipe

Top Pinned Posts

  • Maple Glazed Bacon-Wrapped Green Beans
  • Pumpkin Gingerbread Trifle
  • Oven Baked Tacos
  • Rudy’s Creamed Corn
  • Pecan Praline Mini Bundt Cakes

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Addicted 2 Recipes is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

My Amazon Store

Recipe Archive

Recipe Categories

I’m connected with…

I’m connected with…


Copyright © 2023 · Foodie Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.