Grapefruit Cupcakes With Chai Icing
photo by Thistexaschere
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
12 cupcakes
ingredients
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Grapefruit Cupcakes
- 354.88 ml all-purpose flour
- 2.46 ml baking powder
- 2.46 ml baking soda
- 1.23 ml salt
- 59.14 ml reduced fat margarine, room temperature
- 118.29 ml sugar
- 1 egg white
- 118.29 ml buttermilk or 118.29 ml plain low-fat yogurt
- 118.29 ml 100% pink grapefruit juice
- 14.79 ml pink grapefruit zest
- 2.46 ml lemon extract
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Chai Icing
- 226.79 g package fat free cream cheese or 226.79 g package reduced-fat cream cheese
- 118.29 ml powdered sugar
- 2.46 ml cinnamon
- 1.23 ml ground cloves
- 1.23 ml ground cardamom
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F Line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat margarine and sugar with an electric mixer.
- Beat in egg. Combine lemon extract, juice, zest, and buttermilk in a small bowl. Add half the buttermilk mixture and beat on low speed. Add half the flour mixture and beat just until combined. Repeat with remaining buttermilk and flour mixture. Divide batter evenly into the prepared cups.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cupcakes spring back when the tops are pressed or until a toothpick tester comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the muffin pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a medium bowl, beat ingredients for icing until smooth. Once the cupcakes are cool, use a small spatula or butter knife to ice them. Store refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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