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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

  • This high-protein red velvet cake recipe offers delicious gourmet bakery taste with improved nutritional macros.
  • Each mini cake (recipe yields 6) contains 144 kcal, 6g fat, 11g carbs, and 12g protein.
  • Key cake ingredients include light butter, unsweetened applesauce, nonfat Greek yogurt, chocolate whey protein, and all-purpose flour.
  • The red color is achieved with food coloring, with the recipe suggesting around 1.5 tbsp for a dark red.
  • For the icing, whipped Greek cream cheese or nonfat cream cheese is mixed with a sweetener like stevia or splenda.
  • Baking instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients, bake in mini cake or cupcake pans for 10-15 minutes.
  • Each cake is frosted with about 22g of the cream cheese icing.

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