healthy - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/healthy/ Baking and dessert recipes for cupcakes, cakes, muffins, pies, and everything in between - from perfected classics to new and adventurous indulgences Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 /wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cupcake-Project-Favicon.png healthy - Cupcake Project https://www.cupcakeproject.com/tag/healthy/ 32 32 Sugar Plums https://www.cupcakeproject.com/sparkly-sugar-plums-for-christmas/ https://www.cupcakeproject.com/sparkly-sugar-plums-for-christmas/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:05:36 +0000 http://gw.finelimedesigns.com/2012/12/sparkly-sugar-plums-for-christmas-3/ Sugar plums are some of the most iconic Christmas desserts and yet most people have never had them. What is a sugar plum, and how do you make one? Here’s what you need to know!

Stef selecting a sugar plum in a red mini cupcake liner from a bunch sitting on a red cupcake stand

You have probably heard ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas several hundred times, but if you are like me, you may not have stopped to find out just what a sugar plum is after hearing the verse:

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.

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healthy frosting

Yogurt frosting is wonderful on cakes and cupcakes and some of my readers have even mentioned that they use it as a fruit dip!

Ingredients

One of the challenges of making frosting without butter or cream cheese is getting it to thicken up so it doesn’t simply slide off of baked goods. The secret is gelatin [paid link]. Adding just a little plain gelatin to frosting keeps it from dripping without adding lots of calories!

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