b-day cake for dieters??

Jude said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Thanks!!
=)jude

This is REALLY good, and awesome with raspberry sauce :>

Chocolate Angelfood Cake
(from: The Little Black Book of Chocolate)

1-1/2 c egg whites (12 large eggs)
1-1/3 c powdered sugar (confectioners)
¾ c cake flour
¼ c unsweetened cocoa
1-1/2 tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp almond extract
1 c superfine sugar

1. separate eggs, place whites in large bowl, set it aside to room
temperature

2. Preheat oven to 350o.

3. Sift powdered sugar, flour, cocoa, 3 times. Set aside.

4. In a large bowl, add cream of tartar and salt to eggs and beat
until soft peaks form. Add vanilla and almond extract.

5. Beat in superfine sugar, 2 tbsp at a time until eggs are stiff and
glassy. Sprinkle 2-3 tbsp flour mixture in and fold gently. Continue
until all is gone.

6. Pour batter into ungreased tube pan and bake 55 min.

7. Let cool upside down.

8. Garnish with any or all of the following: chocolate drizzle,
whipped cream (lite?), raspberry sauce, raspberries, black berries,
and blueberries.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

ooooooh, good idea! My mom had an angel food cake pan, with a
removeable bottom (like a springform, sort of). Will angel cake really
work in a regular tube cake pan?

jude

Jude said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Thanks!!
=)jude

Angelfood cake with a puree of fresh strawberries or raspberries.

gloria p

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low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Buy a mix for both. Or...use reg. cake mix and sub. apple sauce for
the oil. Use low fat cool whip to frost the cake. Dust with cocao
powder. Or...get an angel food cake and drizzle with choc syrup and
fresh fruit.

Jude said:

ooooooh, good idea! My mom had an angel food cake pan, with a
removeable bottom (like a springform, sort of). Will angel cake really
work in a regular tube cake pan?

jude

I think it would, but I have to admit I have a regular angel food cake
pan with a removable bottom.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Food For Thought said:

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low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Buy a mix for both. Or...use reg. cake mix and sub. apple sauce for
the oil. Use low fat cool whip to frost the cake. Dust with cocao
powder. Or...get an angel food cake and drizzle with choc syrup and
fresh fruit.

I vote for the angel food cake with fruit. If there must be chocolate,
there are actually some pretty decent sugar-free chocolate syrups available
in most grocery stores.

Jill

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Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Thanks!!
=)jude

My first thoughts run to Angel Food. Low in fat and sugar both, especially
if you use something like Splenda Baking sugar sub. And, rather than icing,
you can use a fruit puree....say, raspberries, blackberries, and
strawberries. Buy frozen, thaw them and run them through the blender and
sieve the seeds out. Delicious and gorgeous to boot.

kimberly

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Quoted message said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Low fat is not always low calorie, unfortunately.

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My first thoughts run to Angel Food. Low in fat and sugar both, especially
if you use something like Splenda Baking sugar sub. And, rather than icing,
you can use a fruit puree....say, raspberries, blackberries, and
strawberries. Buy frozen, thaw them and run them through the blender and
sieve the seeds out. Delicious and gorgeous to boot.

Ooooh, that sounds good...

--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"You still haven't explained why the pool is
filled with elf blood." - Frylock, ATHF

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Quoted message said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Calorie Commando just made a low calorie chocolate cake this
weekend ... the recipe will be on footnetwork.com ... good luck.

nancy

Jude said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

First rule of dieting: don't worry about a short excursion
from the diet. It's soul-defeating to be completely ascetic.

One healthy meal in an unhealthy lifestyle won't make
you healthy, and one piece of real birthday cake on your
birthday won't make you fat again.

--Blair
"2-layer Devil's food with chocolate
buttercream, for me, please."

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Quoted message said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Thanks!!
=)jude

My first thoughts run to Angel Food. Low in fat and sugar both,

Well, low in fat, but not so much in sugar. The USDA
database says that per 100g (3 oz) serving it's got 59 g
of carbs, of which 30.5 are sugars. But only .3 g fat,
which makes it nearly no-fat.

And since the worst thing for fat loss is to eat fat and
sugar together, the high carbs here are less trouble than
if they were traded for equal calories of fat.

--Blair
"Manga!"

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One healthy meal in an unhealthy lifestyle won't make
you healthy, and one piece of real birthday cake on your
birthday won't make you fat again.

Excellent advice, Blair...

J.J. in WA (Down 35 pounds and counting)...

Blair P. Houghton said:

Jude said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a

low-fat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

First rule of dieting: don't worry about a short excursion
from the diet. It's soul-defeating to be completely ascetic.

One healthy meal in an unhealthy lifestyle won't make
you healthy, and one piece of real birthday cake on your
birthday won't make you fat again.

--Blair
"2-layer Devil's food with chocolate
buttercream, for me, please."

Yes, but friendship is about respecting the choices made by others. if
I bake a "real" cake, he spimply won't eat it and I'll look like I
don't care that he's been strictly dieting for a whie now. I don't feel
that it';s my choice to make. I don;'t really want to bake a regular
cake only to have him feel obligated to break his diet to eat a piece.

jude

Jude' said:

Yes, but friendship is about respecting the choices made by others. if
I bake a "real" cake, he spimply won't eat it and I'll look like I
don't care that he's been strictly dieting for a whie now. I don't feel
that it';s my choice to make. I don;'t really want to bake a regular
cake only to have him feel obligated to break his diet to eat a piece.

He's fortunate to have a friend like you. 🙂

Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

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Quoted message said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a low-fat
chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

Thanks!!
=)jude

My first thoughts run to Angel Food. Low in fat and sugar both,

Well, low in fat, but not so much in sugar. The USDA
database says that per 100g (3 oz) serving it's got 59 g
of carbs, of which 30.5 are sugars. But only .3 g fat,
which makes it nearly no-fat.

And since the worst thing for fat loss is to eat fat and
sugar together, the high carbs here are less trouble than
if they were traded for equal calories of fat.

--Blair
"Manga!"

That's assuming it's made with straight sugar. I make it with Splenda for
Baking. I test several times a day, so believe me, if it was high carb I
wouldn't be eating it.

kimberly

Jude said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Jude said:

Who can help me? I need to come up with a yummy birthday cake for
someone who's dieting, but loves sweets. I'm looking for something
that's NOT a fruit cake or a spice cake, but something like a

low-fat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

chocoalte or yellow cake with a decent low-fat frosting.

First rule of dieting: don't worry about a short excursion
from the diet. It's soul-defeating to be completely ascetic.

One healthy meal in an unhealthy lifestyle won't make
you healthy, and one piece of real birthday cake on your
birthday won't make you fat again.

--Blair
"2-layer Devil's food with chocolate
buttercream, for me, please."

Yes, but friendship is about respecting the choices made by others.

if

Quoted message said:

I bake a "real" cake, he spimply won't eat it and I'll look like I
don't care that he's been strictly dieting for a whie now. I don't

feel

Quoted message said:

that it';s my choice to make. I don;'t really want to bake a regular
cake only to have him feel obligated to break his diet to eat a

piece.

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jude

Guests always come first, otherwise you're a rude host. What gives any
sinful soul who for years ate too much and of the wrong foods the right
to
visit their personal restrictions on innocent others. Bake two cakes,
one normal and one of sinner's sawdust... watching the others enjoy
real cake while the glutton has to eat chalk will build some character
into his gelatinous spine. I think it's selfishly sick of you to
attempt punishing innocent others for the years of wild indescretions
commited by your spouse. Your clandestine guilt transference is not
fooling/helping anyone... do you really think no one will take umbrage
at your manipulating them into having to eat styrofoam while sporting a
smile? I think your dearest should be made to sit there watching
everyone gorge themselves into gormand oblivion while all he has to
distract himself is to pop the bubble wrap from your shipment of
gourmet chocolates... let him inhale the heady aroma emanating with
each pop while drooling like an idiot, that's all.

Sheldon