Low calorie carrot cake muffins
These low calorie carrot cake muffins are the perfect blend of spiced and sweet. Each muffin has just 67 calories and they make the perfect weekly snack prep for weight loss!
Ingredients
- 1 egg
- 75 g 0 calorie brown sugar*
- 60 g 0% fat yogurt
- 25 g unsweetened applesauce
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 70 g plain/all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground allspice
- sprinkle of salt
- 45 g grated/shredded carrot
Glaze:
- 50 g 0 calorie icing sugar*
- 1 tbsp unsweetened almond milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 200ºC (392ºF). Line a 6-count muffin tray with cupcake/muffin liners.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, yogurt, applesauce, vanilla extract and 0 calorie brown sugar until smooth.
- Add the flour, spices, baking powder and salt and whisk to combine. Fold in the grated carrots until well combined.
- Divide the batter equally between the 6 liners and bake for 17-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean or with very few crumbs. Allow the muffins to cool on a cooling rack.
- In the meantime, make the glaze by whisking together the 0 calorie icing sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth.
- Glaze the cooled muffins and top with crushed nuts (optional). Serve and enjoy!
Notes
*0 calorie brown sugar - If you would rather use stevia or a different 0 calorie sweetener, be sure to check the sweetness level. The brown sugar alternative I use is a 1:1 ratio to sugar. If the sweetener you're using is a 1:2 ratio of sweetener to sugar, you would use half the amount of sweetener above. So for this recipe, it would be 37g of sweetener rather than 75.
*0 calorie icing sugar - If you're unable to get 0 calorie icing sugar, you can make your own with granulated sweetener blitzed in a coffee grinder or use regular icing sugar but the calories will differ.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 MuffinCalories: 67kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 3.3gFat: 1gCholesterol: 34.9mgSodium: 102.5mgPotassium: 58.6mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1.7g
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