cupcake help

harleygirl6363
harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I really really want a cupcake right now but know that I cant what can I do instead to get that texture, taste and creamy icing?!?! AUGH STUCK IN A RUT HELP!!!

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  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    I really really want a cupcake right now but know that I cant what can I do instead to get that texture, taste and creamy icing?!?! AUGH STUCK IN A RUT HELP!!!
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    Go grab a big glass of water, chug it, then sit your rear end back down here at this computer, and POST LIKE THE WIND FOR THE NEXT 20 MINUTES!! I know, it's not what you were hoping for, but I'll make you a deal. You skip the cupcake, and I'll skip the chocolate pudding I've been waiting to eat tonight. Deal? :smile: :smile:
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    ok deal lol this is why i LOVE this sight!!
  • smithiekat
    smithiekat Posts: 112 Member
    you go girls!!!
  • JDHINAZ
    JDHINAZ Posts: 641 Member
    I gotta admit...my mouth is watering! I'd better go take some of my own advice! Be back in 5...gotta grab my water! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    im chugging as I type!!! LOL its actually good bc I used one of the calorie free flavor packets!!!!
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    Have you tried the diet coke cake recipe? in cupcakes! using fat free, sugar free pudding instead of frosting, you save over 100 calories! less than 200 calories each !
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    no i havent where can i find that at??
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    One box of cake mix ( you pick the flavor)

    one can of diet soda,,, (coke for chocolate) (diet 7 up for white, lemon etc.)

    Mix together, no eggs, no milk, no oil,

    Follow the baking time for your cake mix box, 12 cupcakes to a box.

    Plain they are 170 calories

    top with Fat free, sugar free pudding instead of frosting, about 1 tablespoon that will be anywhere from 10 to 20 calories depending on the brand. you cant tell the difference in the cake, moist fluffy and a small treat, if you budget your calories right you can even have cake!

    If you are a scardey cat about the recipe, add two egg whites only which changes the calorie count by just 3 calories each cup cake, I swear it works, and it is so good others wont know it is "diet" cake.
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    Thank you so much Ill have to give that a try bc I LOVE cake and so does my BF he does more than I do. LOL I dont think Ill tell him and see if he can tell the difference. Thanks again
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    The first time I tried it I did it to prove how whacky the site was and that it would not work, my husband ate half of the first one not knowing it, even scolded me about eating it because he knows I am losing weight with a passion. I made my first one in a bundt pan, melted 1/4 cup of chocolate chips and 1 tsp. of butter in the microwave. stirred while it was hot and used it as a drizzle topping for the bundt cake it was pretty and tasted fabulous at 195 calories a slice, 12 portions to the bundt cake. I used a double chocolate cake mix in that one.
  • amymeenieminymo
    amymeenieminymo Posts: 2,394 Member
    commenting so I can save the recipe for later :)
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    OMG that sounds so good you are making me want to go to the store now to get all the stuff I need to make it lol!!
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    OMG that sounds so good you are making me want to go to the store now to get all the stuff I need to make it lol!!

    You do not have to suffer, or feel deprived! changing how you cook, changing little things that you can really live with makes you feel "normal" I have lost 18 pounds in 2 months, the only big difference I see is portions and thinking first before I dive in. Planning is the biggest difference for me. and being conscious of better choices, not flavorless prepacked "Diet food"
  • soxygirl
    soxygirl Posts: 173
    Bumping -- I want to save this recipe! Great substitute for B-day cakes! Can't wait to try it . . .
  • FletcherChic
    FletcherChic Posts: 158
    cupcakes are my crack so i feel your pain!!!! betty crocker (or maybe it's pillsbury) makes a reduced sugar mix...i buy that and instead of oil, i add apple sauce, and in place of eggs i do the beaters....i don't know what the exact stats are on the final result but they are obviously WAY healthier than a goody from the bakery....i have also done the diet soda + mix and it's is heavenly, but it sticks horribly to the pan or cupcake liner and i was finding myself chewing on the pan to get every last scrap! :laugh:
  • czewwhat
    czewwhat Posts: 8,715
    cupcakes are my crack so i feel your pain!!!! betty crocker (or maybe it's pillsbury) makes a reduced sugar mix...i buy that and instead of oil, i add apple sauce, and in place of eggs i do the beaters....i don't know what the exact stats are on the final result but they are obviously WAY healthier than a goody from the bakery....i have also done the diet soda + mix and it's is heavenly, but it sticks horribly to the pan or cupcake liner and i was finding myself chewing on the pan to get every last scrap! :laugh:

    I used a healthy spraying of Pam to keep it from sticking, didn't have that problem. forgot to say spray, spray!:drinker: :drinker:
    For the cupcakes I use the foil liners not the paper and spray a bit in each one.
  • harleygirl6363
    harleygirl6363 Posts: 426 Member
    WOW now Iwant to try both they sound so yummy!!!
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