Muffins/Cupcakes

Edwardo27
Edwardo27 Posts: 34 Member
edited January 9 in Health and Weight Loss
I love, love, love muffins & cupcakes. Having them with coffee as a mid morening or mid afternoon treat is brilliant. Probably hence why I got this chunky in the first place!
I love baking them as much as eating them.

Has anybody got any tried and tested low fat muffins or cupcake recipes they would like to share with me?

Thanks! :)

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  • towardthesunshine
    towardthesunshine Posts: 56
    Try a 3-2-1 cake! Take 1 box of Angel Food Cake mix and 1 box of any other mix you want, and combine the mixes in a tupperware container/plastic bag.

    3 tablespoons of the combined mixes
    2 tablespoons of water
    1 minute in the microwave

    BAM you have a cute little cupcake! I do a lemon one, and I add mini chocolate chips and powdered sugar. The cake is around 90 calories and delishhh :)

    I have pictures & more detail on my blog @ fiercefitbeautiful.blogspot.com

    ENJOYYY<3
  • SylLab
    SylLab Posts: 22 Member
    Here is a link to my favorite treat for oatmeal, banana, chocolate chip muffins.

    http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/blogs/fitstop/2012/06/21/fitness/fit-blogger-we-love-emily-bites/


    They are 132 calories a piece and are a great breakfast with coffee! I even brought them to work and no one knew that
    they were healthy and they ate them all up! :laugh:
  • Edwardo27
    Edwardo27 Posts: 34 Member
    Thanks Guys! Will take a look! xx
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Please, for me, don't ruin a real muffin or a real cupcake for something "healthy". Just have one and fit it into your calories. I grabbed one yesterday looking forward to munching down on a chocolate muffin that I snagged from some left over meeting, and much to my dismay, someone decided that we all needed to be healthy and I bit into a very bland make shift chocolate muffin.

    It was sad.

    I almost cried.
  • sgv0918
    sgv0918 Posts: 851 Member
    i love one can of pumpkin puree w/ one box spice cake mix. 24 cupcakes at like 126 cal/per. I topped them w/ a tbsp cinnamon cool whip and they were delightful
  • Bobtheangrytomato
    Bobtheangrytomato Posts: 251 Member
    Try making mini cupcakes or muffins, then it's fewer calories per muffin/cupcake
  • junip1977
    junip1977 Posts: 111 Member
    Try a 3-2-1 cake! Take 1 box of Angel Food Cake mix and 1 box of any other mix you want, and combine the mixes in a tupperware container/plastic bag.

    3 tablespoons of the combined mixes
    2 tablespoons of water
    1 minute in the microwave

    BAM you have a cute little cupcake! I do a lemon one, and I add mini chocolate chips and powdered sugar. The cake is around 90 calories and delishhh :)

    I have pictures & more detail on my blog @ fiercefitbeautiful.blogspot.com

    ENJOYYY<3

    You don't need to add an egg or anything? These sound so easy and delicious.
  • dianel44
    dianel44 Posts: 2 Member
    My favorite is the Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin recipe
  • krisiepoo
    krisiepoo Posts: 710 Member
    instead of the oil and eggs, I puree black beans in chocolate muffin mix. numnum and people can't usually tell the difference
  • catbyrd
    catbyrd Posts: 87 Member
    They have some awesome recipies on sparkpeople. com. The blueberry muffins are really good; made with applesauce, buttermilk and whole wheat flour; end up being about 130 calories each. Even ;my picky grandson loves eating them.
  • stines72
    stines72 Posts: 853 Member
    Try a 3-2-1 cake! Take 1 box of Angel Food Cake mix and 1 box of any other mix you want, and combine the mixes in a tupperware container/plastic bag.

    3 tablespoons of the combined mixes
    2 tablespoons of water
    1 minute in the microwave

    BAM you have a cute little cupcake! I do a lemon one, and I add mini chocolate chips and powdered sugar. The cake is around 90 calories and delishhh :)

    I have pictures & more detail on my blog @ fiercefitbeautiful.blogspot.com

    ENJOYYY<3

    You don't need to add an egg or anything? These sound so easy and delicious.

    angel food cake mix contains powdered egg whites, so nope!
  • TrishyWest
    TrishyWest Posts: 16 Member
    Bump! Baking is my weakness too! The banana oatmeal muffins are good though. Look on pinterest! :)
  • dianel44
    dianel44 Posts: 2 Member
    It is one box of Devils Food Chocolate Cake Mix and one can of Pumkin puree....mix (batter is thick) bake at 350...these are about 100 calories each and are delicious with a cup of hot coffee!
  • horseplaypen
    horseplaypen Posts: 442 Member
    Please, for me, don't ruin a real muffin or a real cupcake for something "healthy". Just have one and fit it into your calories.

    One day, at maintenance, this will be doable... for now, unless I exercise a lot, I don't usually have the spare calories for a 300+ cupcake unless I take it from a meal where I actually need to be eating nutritious, filling foods.

    So, thanks for this thread, and for the great suggestions!
  • scrapscot
    scrapscot Posts: 123 Member
    Here's a great almond flour muffin. They are yummy. 185 calories or so:

    ALMOND FLOUR MUFFINS (GLUTEN FREE/PALEO)
    2 1/2 CUPS ALMOND FLOUR
    1/2 TSP CELTIC SEA SALT
    1/2 TSP BAKING SODA
    1/4 CUP RAW HONEY
    3 LARGE EGGS
    1 TBS VANILLA

    Mix dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix wet ingredients in another.
    Pour wet ingredients into bowl with dry ingredients and whisk or mix well.
    Add 1 cup of fruit or fruit and nuts.
    I mix mine....1/2 banana plus 1/2 c. strawberries or blueberries. My sister makes morning glory muffins: coconut flakes, grated carrots, walnuts & apple (a cup of all combined). For fall, I've used pumpkin, nuts and chocolate chips.
    I bake mine at 325 degrees for 32 minutes. You may need to adjust your time and temperature for your oven.
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    how about the 2 ingredient cupcakes.

    box of angel food cake, can of pumpkin puree. mix together bake. YUM!!!!!!

    add some flaxseed meal (1 tablespoon plus 3 tablespoons water equals 1 egg) and you get good for you flax in your yummy cupcake.
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