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WW Recipe of the Day: 2-Ingredient Low Fat 7-Up Cupcakes
I’m a cupcake person. I love the little portions of deliciousness and I enjoy the anticipation of taking off the wrappers and that first bite of cake and icing.
Maybe it’s because I grew up with Hostess Creme-filled Cupcakes. I became an expert at pulling off the chocolate squiggle, eating around the creme and then getting that mouthful of cream. It taught me what I needed to know about cupcakes. They have to be delicious and fun.
Now decades later, I searched and searched for a guilt-free version of this delightful treat. Who knew that the tried and true Betty Crocker and her soda pop cupcakes would come through with flying colors.
By using one of her many cake mixes and substituting diet soda for the oil and egg, you get an incredibly delicious and fun alternative to the old-fashioned cupcake. I was shocked, happy and excited when we first tried this for a birthday celebration a few weeks ago. Now I’m sold!
How Many Calories and WW Points in these 2-Ingredient 7-Up Cupcakes?
According to my calculations, each plain cupcake (without icing) has 80 calories and 4 Points. The addition of my optional icing will add about 5 calories per cupcake.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
How to Make 2-Ingredient 7-Up Cupcakes, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Step 2: Heat the oven to 350F degrees. Line a cupcake or muffin tin with paper liners.
Step 3: In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and soda.
Ladle or spoon into the prepared pan.
Step 4: Bake for 14 to 19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Step 5: Remove to a wire rack and cool.
Step 6: For the optional icing: Mix together all the ingredients in a small bowl (affiliate link). When cupcakes are cool, lightly “butter” or spread each one with icing. (Alternatively use your favorite prepared icing – be sure to adjust the WW points accordingly.)
Step 7: Decorate with sprinkles, fruit, ground nuts or just serve plain.
Recipe Notes
I used a yellow cake mix to make this version of 7-Up Soda Pop Cupcakes. White or lemon cake mix would also work well with the lemon-lime flavors of Diet 7-Up.
Feel free to add 2 teaspoons of lemon zest, orange zest or substitute 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract for the vanilla.
Other cake mix and soda combinations I want to try include:
- Chocolate cake mix and diet coke
- Spice cake mix and diet ginger ale
- Chocolate cake mix and diet cherry coke
- Cherry chip cake mix and diet cherry 7up
Serving Suggestions
A good strong cup of coffee, or tea, is what I like with my cupcakes. However a glass of milk or a flute of champagne would be a lovely alternative.
How to Store Leftover Cupcakes
You’ll have plenty of cupcakes to store in a covered container for up to 2 days at room temperature. These also freeze beautifully. If you make and want to freeze these cupcakes, a good tip is to freeze them in a single layer first.
Once solidly frozen, you can place the cupcakes in plastic bags or layer them in a tupperware. This way you’ll avoid any cakes sticking together. Simply thaw and eat.
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2-Ingredient 7-Up Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake Mix (15.25 ounces)
- 1 can (12 ounces) Diet 7-Up
Optional Icing:
- 1/4 cup Swerve confectioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon Limoncello liquer , (or lemon juice)
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1/2 tablespoon low-fat milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350F degrees. Line cupcake or muffin tins with paper liners. (I was able to make 20 cupcakes.)
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and soda. It will bubble up but then settle down as you continue to stir it. With a spoon, ladle or ice cream scoop (affiliate link) divide the batter evenly among the cups.
- Bake for 14 to 19 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cool the cupcakes in pan(s) for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack (affiliate link) to cool completely, about 1 hour. Enjoy plain or top with optional icing.
Optional Icing:
- Mix together all the ingredients (confectioner's sugar, Limoncello, butter, milk and vanilla) in a small bowl (affiliate link).
- When cupcakes are cool, lightly "butter" or spread each one with icing. (Alternatively use your favorite prepared icing – be sure to adjust the WW points accordingly.) Decorate with sprinkles, fruit, ground nuts or just serve plain.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) If you make and want to freeze these cupcakes, a good tip is to freeze them in a single layer first. Once solidly frozen, you can place the cupcakes in plastic bags or layer them in a tupperware. This way you’ll avoid any cakes sticking together. Feel free to add 2 teaspoons of lemon zest, orange zest or substitute 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract for the vanilla.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: adapted from Betty Crocker
Here’s a video verifying how easy these soda can cupcakes are to make and tasty to eat:
I haven’t made these yet-trying to resist but won’t…wondering if I could use a gluten free cake mix. Has anyone tried this?
This is really encouraging to be able to make a low calorie cupcake. I’m thinking of all the possibilities. Could use half a cake mix and 6 oz.diet soda or carbonated water and make a 8” cake. Thank you so much for the recipe
How many points is you use sugar free cake mix if it makes 24 cupcakes
Can you use a flavored carbonated water like Bubly?
Hi Heather, yes you can definitely use flavored carbonated water instead of diet soda ~Martha
Can you use a sugar free cake mix?
Yes, you can use sugar free cake mix. ~Martha
So how would this affect the points!
Made this cake the other day and it was fantastic. So moist and light. This cake plus the other flavor cakes with the diet sodas will be my go to sweet. Just love it!!
I’ve been making these cupcakes with Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry soda for years their an old time WW recipe. Their my favorite and so easy to make. I’m going to try the other flavors that you suggested because I bought a spice cake mix and wasn’t sure how the Black Cherry would taste.
Have you removed the links to Pinterest? The last few things I tried to save I had to do a different way. Missing the links! Or maybe I missed it?
Hi Sarah, the pins can be wonky sometimes. I just tried and if you hover over the photos the red Pinterest Save button appears. I was able to save to Pinterest using it. Hope this helps. ~Martha
Hi Sarah, We had a technical glitch, but it has been corrected so you should be able to Pin away. Thanks for your patience. ~Martha
Lovely recipe – especially for summer. Quick & easy, very refreshing taste!
I had never heard of this 2-ingredient recipe, so I had to give it a try.
They are delicious! I added a couple of drops of doTERRA lemon so mine were super lemony. I think they are great even without the icing.
Large cupcake is 4 points and small muffins are 2? Is that correct? Why change points? Same recipe from years and years past. Cupcakes use to be 2!