Last week I hosted an Ice Cream Float party and I wanted to create a few delicious dessert options for my guests. I love cupcakes, but sometimes the fat content is undesirable. I wanted to make a Root Beer Float cupcake recipe that had the sweet factor but not all the fat factors so I created this lower fat cupcake featuring A&W TEN (which only has 10 calories per serving). Now, there are no cutbacks in the frosting (why would you want to ruin perfection) but it is so delicious and definitely tastes like a creamy root beer float.
ROOT BEER FLOAT CUPCAKE RECIPE (LOWER FAT)
| Serves | 24 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 20 minutes |
| Total time | 35 minutes |
INGREDIENTS
CUPCAKE
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 egg white
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/3 cup A&W TEN Root Beer
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3.5 cups Flour
- 2 Individual (snack size) Regular Applesauce
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
FROSTING
- 1 cup butter ((room temp))
- 3 cups Confectioners Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1.5 teaspoons Root Beer Extract (Can be more if you desire a stronger root beer flavor)
DIRECTIONS
| Cupcake | |
| Step 1 | |
| Cream together sugar, egg & egg white w/ sugar | |
| Step 2 | |
| Slowly add applesauce, sourcream and root beer | |
| Step 3 | |
| Stir in flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. After mixed,stir in vanilla. | |
| Step 4 | |
| Preheat oven to 350 | |
| Step 5 | |
| Bake for 18-20 minutes | |
| Frosting | |
| Step 6 | |
| Cream together butter, vanilla, confectioners sugar and root beer extract to create the frosting | |
| Step 7 | |
| Once cupcakes are cool, frost cupcakes | |
If you desire a regular cupcake texture, use your favorite white cake and add the A&W to it!
I never would have thought to do this but these sound delicious! What a brilliant idea!
These were delicious! Thank you for sharing the recipe!