Skinny Red Velvet

This is a weight watcher recipe. 1 cake= 141 calories, 3 pts.

1 1/2 cups cake flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup organic agave nectar

1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder (you can use dark or just the regular)

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce (I used my home made)

1/4 cup light butter (softened)

1 large egg (organic)

2 large egg whites (organic)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp almond extract

1 1/3 cup light buttermilk (or used an organic whole milk)

1 tbsp red food coloring

Preheat oven to 350. Line cupcake tins with liners. In a large mixing bowl, stir together flours, salt, cocoa and baking powder. In another large bowl beat agave nectar, applesauce and butter. Beat in eggs and extracts. In a separate bowl mix the baking soda and vinegar. Add half of the dry ingredients into the egg mixure, mix well.  Add buttermilk, food color and mix well. Add the remaining dry ingredients and fold in vinegar and baking soda. Pour in prepared cupcake liners about 3/4s full. Bake  20-22 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool then frost with low fat cream cheese frosting. This recipe will yield about 18 cupcakes.

Low fat cream cheese frosting:

8 oz cream cheese

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp almond extract.

Beat all ingredients together until smooth and fluffy.