Cooking Clean With Quest – Red Velvet Cupcakes with Blogilates & Quest Creator
Deliciously festive, flavorful, and topped with a swirl of #CheatClean decadence. Host Cassey Ho (Blogilates) and special guest, our very own Shannan Yorton Penna (Quest Creator), show you how to make #CheatClean Red Velvet Cupcakes that will have your taste buds falling in love at first bite.
Macros (per cupcake): 280 calories, 23g protein, 16g fat, 6g net carbs.
INGREDIENTS:
Base:
- 1/4 cup Vanilla Whey Protein
- 1/4 cup Almond Meal
- 1 1/3
- 1/8 Salt
- 1/3 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- Unsweetened 2/3 cup Almond Milk
- 1 1/3 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 tbsp Red Food Coloring
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 2/3 bar Double Chocolate Chunk Quest Bar
- 5 1/3 oz Cream Cheese (1/3 Less Fat)
- 1/8 cup Sour Cream, Fat Free
- 1/8 cup Truvia
- 1/4 cup Vanilla Whey Protein
- 2/3 tsp Vanilla Extract
Crumbs:
- 1/3 bar Double Chocolate Chunk Quest Bar
DIRECTIONS:
Component 1:
1. In a bowl combine all your dry ingredients and pre mix
2. In another small bowl add all your wets: almond milk, vanilla extract, and red
food coloring and mix
3. Take wets and add to dries and mix until mix is fully incorporated
Component 2:
1. In a bowl add all ingredients and mix until nice and smooth. You do not want
clumps of cream cheese.
2. Take Quest Bar crumbs and incorporate into frosting.
Component 3:
1. Take the 1 whole Quest Bar and place in microwave for 10-15 sec.
2. Roll out bar, not to thin, and place in oven @350 for 4 mins
3. Once bar is cooled, break apart into smaller pieces until it crumbles.
4. Do the same for the 1/3 bar and set aside. This is for topping the cupcakes.
How to Assemble:
1. Take cupcake pan and place liners.
2. Take a ice cream scooper (Size #12) and place 1 1/2 scoop of batter into cupcake
liner
3. Place in oven @350 for 15 mins
4. Once cooled, cut out center and fill inside and top with frosting.
5. Sprinkle of Double Chocolate Chunk Bar crumbs on top of cupcake.
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Blogilates (Cassey Ho), is a certified fitness instructor, creator of POP Pilates, and a lover of all things healthy. Follow her here:
YOUTUBE – http://www.youtube.com/blogilates
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TWITTER – http://twitter.com/blogilates
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Shannan Penna is the founder of Quest Nutrition and the developer & creator of Quest Protein Bars and Quest Peanut Butter Cups (Quest Cravings). Follow her here:
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/ShannanQuestCreator
TWITTER – https://twitter.com/QuestCreator
INSTAGRAM – http://www.instagram.com/questcreator
