Enjoy This Week’s CommonHealth Weekly Wellnote

Have your “Cup”cake and eat it too. Mini Chocolate Cakes recipe. Enjoy this month’s recipe for Flourless Mini Chocolate Cakes with Chocolate Ganache.

Nobody will ever guess (or taste!) the secret ingredient that makes these little cakes so fudgy: black beans. The starch in the beans is what helps bind the batter in place of flour, and it also ensures that the cakes will have a moist crumb. For even more intensity, use dark cocoa powder in place of regular. Two-ingredient ganache is the perfect sweet finish for these bite-size cupcakes. If you’re garnishing your cupcakes with blackberries and they’re jumbo-size, slice them in half widthwise. Place them so the cut-side is facing up which will look like a purple flower.

Read the full recipe here. 

You can have your “Cup”cake and eat it, too. Weight Watchers has an incredible library of recipes.

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For questions regarding this week’s communication or the CommonHealth program, please reach out to your respective campus coordinator below:

Alexandria:  Kathy Clement or Najeeb Baha
Annandale:  Regina Sanders
Fairfax/College Staff:  Dahlia Henry-Tett
Loudoun:  Liz Hamrick
Manassas:  ThuyTien Ngo-Nguyen
Springfield Medical Education Campus (MEC):  Beverly Tsikata
Woodbridge:  Georgette Harris

Submitted by:
Dahlia Henry-Tett, HR-Chief Wellness Officer, DHTett@nvcc.edu