Love for Food

I wanted to make something St. Patrick's day themed and was planning on searching the internet but did not have to look very hard. One of my Facebook friends posted a link to the Skinny Taste blog which featured these cupcakes. Skinny Taste is a recipe blog which includes Weight Watcher points. Since I started to count points again last week, I was happy to find something I could make and actually get to eat too. (Instead of just giving them away and getting a little taste in.)

Ingredients: Serves Twelve

For the Bailey's frosting:
5.5 oz 1/3 less fat Philly Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
4 tsp Bailey's Irish Cream
For the cupcakes:
3/4 cup + 1 tbsp sugar
1 cup flour
7 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1/2 cup stout
4 oz unsweetened apple sauce
1/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup reduced fat sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tbsp canola oil
cooking spray

Method:

• Combine all the frosting ingredients in a medium bowl and mix until smooth with an electric mixer. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cupcake tin with 12 liners and lightly spray liners with oil (to prevent sticking).
• In a large bowl sift together all the dry ingredients; sugar, flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda.
• In a medium bowl combine the wet ingredients (egg through canola oil) and beat until smooth.
• With a mixer, slowly add the sifted flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Pour into cupcake liners and bake 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Calories: 188.9
Fat: 6.3 g
Protein: 3.3 g
Carb: 31.1 g
Fiber: 1.5 g
Sugar: 19.4 g

Weight Watcher Points +: 5 points per cupcake