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Amazing Cupcakes less than 200 calories and diabetic-friendly – yes, honestly it’s true!

So if I were to tell you that you could eat a chocolate cheesecake cupcake that was only 130 calories and completely sugar-free that tasted amazing, you would probably point me to the nearest pig flying past and wait for my nose to grow longer. But it’s true! My lovely neighbour Joe of falafel and hoummus fame, is always complaining (not about life in general, just about this!)  because as he is a diabetic, he cannot always enjoy the cupcakes that I make for neighbourhood parties. So he challenged me to make him some sugar-free ones that also tasted good.

Well never one to back down, I took that challenge and this is the result:

Diabetic – Sugar-free Cupcakes – Chocolate Cheesecake flavour

Makes 8 large (195 calories each) or 12 small (130 calories each)DSC09080

For the cakes:

  • 125g /4½ozs self-raising flourDSC09074
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 6 tbsp/ 10g of Granulated Sweetener such as SPLENDA
  • 125g /4½ozs low fat spread (make sure it’s suitable for baking)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp skimmed milk or Buttermilk
  • 2 tbsp Unsweetened cocoa powder

For the icing

  • 200g tub Philadelphia extra light
  • 7 tbsp  of Granulated Sweetener such as SPLENDA
  • 2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsps skimmed milk

Method

  • In a muffin tin, place either 8 large muffin cake cases or 12 fairy cake casesDSC09075
  • Preheat the oven to gas mark 5/190ºC/fan 170ºC.
  • Either with an electric whisk in a bowl or in a food processor, beat together the eggs and low-fat spread and vanilla essence (don’t worry if the texture looks a bit odd!)

 

  • Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder into the mixture and mix in with a spatula – the texture should improve nowDSC09076
  • Stir in the Granulated sweetener and add the milk or buttermilk
  • Spoon into the cake cases and bake for 12–15 minutes if you are making fairy cakes or 15 to 20 minutes for larger cupcakes

 

 

  • Allow to cool for before removing from the tin.DSC09078
  • For the icing, mix all the ingredients together until a creamy texture.
  • Either spoon on top of the cakes or pipe using an icing bag

 

 

It’s as easy as that!  They do honestly taste good and I will now be experimenting with different flavours.DSC09080