Hummingbird Cupcakes
A lighter take on these Tropical fruit cupcakes with a rich cream cheese frosting!
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 7 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
- 1¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cup mashed ripe banana
- 2/3 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 2/3 cup shredded coconut
Frosting Ingredients:
- 8 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly coat cupcake pans with cooking spray or line cups with liners and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer (or in a large bowl if you are using a hand mixer) combine the butter, applesauce, vanilla and sugar and beat until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat after each. Mix in the mashed banana. Add the dry ingredients and beat on a low speed until just mixed. Using a spoon, gently mix in the pineapple and coconut.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared cupcake pans and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before frosting.
- While the cupcakes cool, combine the frosting ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electronic mixer until smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes.
Notes
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NUTRITION INFORMATION:
174 calories, 29 g carbs, 20 g sugars, 5 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 3 g protein, 1 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
MyWW SmartPoints per (1 cupcake) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 7 SmartPoints/ Blue: 7 SmartPoints/ Purple: 7 SmartPoints
WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PLUS:
4 per cupcake (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) adapted from Annie’s Eats
4 per cupcake (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) adapted from Annie’s Eats