Protein Cupcake:
Since I've discovered how to make this I've been eating it almost every single day without feeling guilty! There's a variety of ways you can make the cupcake...
1 scoop of your favorite low carb protein powder
1 egg white
1 tsp. of unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. of baking powder (make sure the sodium is low)
1 tsp. of applesauce or pumpkin
Put everything in a coffee mug and mix together.
Here is where the fun comes in: You can add nuts and/or cinnamon/pumpkin/nutmeg spices to the mix above if you want to. Place the coffee mug with the mixture in the microwave for 60 seconds. When it's finished turn the coffee mug upside down and your cupcake should come out. Use a butter knife if you need to cut it out. Let it cool off for a little while before icing the cupcake. You may need to trim the bottom of the cupcake if it isn't leveled.
Icing options: Natural peanut butter (pictured), almond butter, greek yogurt, sugar free cool whip, or take a tablespoon of protein powder and mix with some cold water to make icing (you can add food coloring to your cool whip or protein icing mix to make it different colors).
Top the icing with a piece of dark chocolate, a small piece of fruit, crushed nuts, a dash of cinnamon or pumpkin spice, or crushed sugar free peppermint for the holidays!
Depending on what you use one cupcake is approximately:
200 hundred calories
30 grams protein
6 grams carbs
4 grams of fat
Leha, I love this recipe! Mine came out a little dry, so adding more applesauce to next one. Do you mind if I share this link on my Facebook fanpage?
ReplyDeleteThe applesauce or pumpkin should make it moist. Sure! I don't mind you sharig....Can you put my blog website with the recipe though for credit?
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Mine also came out a little dry.. will try more applesauce next time as well. I added about 10 dried cherries and a couple walnut pieces. This was also my first mug protein microwave concoction.. I will make this again :)
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