Flourless Red Velvet Cake | Hungry Girl

Ingredients

• Frosting
• 1/4 cup reduced-fat cream cheese
• 2 tbsp. light whipped butter or light buttery spread (like I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Light or Brummel & Brown)
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp. powdered sugar
• Cake
• One 15-oz. can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup (about 4 large) egg whites
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/3 cup canned pure pumpkin
• 1/4 cup Truvia spoonable calorie-free sweetener (or another no-calorie granulated sweetener that's about twice as sweet as sugar; see HG FYI)
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 1/2 tsp. red food coloring (like this all-natural option), or more as needed
• 1 tbsp. mini (or chopped) semi-sweet chocolate chips