The Best Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

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We’ve spent January jump starting a brand new year and as usual we’ve been working on making little commitments to ourselves. This weekend, we had a major winter storm and well, we all know what snow days usually offer – comfort food and baked goods.

When the storm was over, many of our friends and neighbors were outside in the cold shoveling out their cars and our sidewalks. I let everyone know they were welcomed into our home for some hot coffee and cupcakes. Not just any cupcakes and coffee though! We enjoyed Dunkin’ Donuts Bakery Series Vanilla Cupcake Flavored Coffee and because well it is the new year, we baked up some of Hungry Girl’s Vanilla Cupcakes.

How awesome is it to indulge without the guilt?

There is something really special about opening up your house to people you may not normally speak to on a daily basis. Hungry Girl’s Vanilla Cupcakes were a huge hit. You will have to try them yourself!

So how do you make them?

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The Best Vanilla Cupcake Recipe

Hungry Girl's Guilt Free Vanilla Cupcake Recipe.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Light Dessert Recipe

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 9

Author Hungry Girl

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups moist-style yellow cake mix
• 3/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup Sprite Zero or another diet lemon-lime soda, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup liquid egg whites or about 4 raw egg whites
• To make the frosting:
• 1 1/4 cups Cool Whip Free thawed
• 1 1/2 tbsp. Jell-O Sugar Free Fat Free Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, combine cake mix with baking powder and stir. Add soda and vanilla extract, whisk until batter is smooth.
3. In a separate bowl, whip egg whites until fluffy, about 1 - 2 minutes. Gently mix egg whites into the cake batter until thoroughly combined.
4. Line muffin pan with baking cups and evenly distribute batter among the 9 cups.
5. Bake for 15 - 17 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
6. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. Combine Cool Whip with pudding mix in a bowl, and mix until smooth. Cover and refrigerate until cupcakes are ready to be frosted.
7. Once cupcakes have cooled, top each with the frosting.

Find the full recipe from Hungry Girl HERE. To help celebrate the new coffee flavor and sweeten things up, Lisa Lillien (a.k.a. Hungry Girl) has created simple recipes and tips for you to try!

The kids really enjoyed having some of their friends stop by and parents loved that these cupcakes were “guilt free” for the kids as well!

The Dunkin’ Donuts Bakery Series Vanilla Cupcake Flavored Coffee lets you have your cake and drink it too in the New Year! Now available in supermarket aisles nationwide, Vanilla Cupcake Flavored Coffee is the perfect treat for any guilt-free occasion. Find your local retailer on the Dunkin’ Donuts website here.

How would you enjoy the NEW Dunkin’ Donuts Bakery Series Vanilla Cupcake Flavored Coffee?

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