Hi Becky, Thanks so much! I'm glad to know you have tried this. Hungry Girl is so inventive!
Desi ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Griffith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:54 pm Subject: Re: [CnD] Healthy Chocolate Cake > > > Hi Desi, > > I have made the below recipe and it definitely hit the spot for my friend > who was watching her weight. Good luck and enjoy. Becky > > HG's Chocolate-on-Chocolate Frosted Cake > Yield: 8 Servings > > Ingredients: > For Topping: > 1 sugar-free chocolate pudding snack with 60 calories or less (like the kind > by Jell-O) > 1/3 cup chocolate frosting > 2 tablespoons light chocolate syrup > For Cake: > 2 tablespoons mini semi-sweet chocolate chips > Two 25-calorie packets hot cocoa mix (like Swiss Miss Diet or Nestlé Fat > Free) > Half an 18.25-oz. box (about 1 3/4 cups) moist-style devil's food cake mix > 1 teaspoon granulated sugar > 1 teaspoon baking powder > 1/8 teaspoon salt > 1/2 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original) > > Directions: > 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9" round cake pan with nonstick > spray and set aside. > 2. In a medium-large bowl, combine topping ingredients. Mix thoroughly. > Cover and refrigerate until thickened and cake is ready to be frosted. > 3. To make the cake, place chocolate chips and the contents of both > cocoa packets in a tall glass. Add 1/2 cup very hot water and stir to > dissolve. Add 3/4 cup very cold water and set aside. > 4. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, sugar, baking powder, and salt. > Stir well. Add chocolate-cocoa mixture and egg substitute. Whisk until > completely blended. > 5. Pour batter into the cake pan. Bake in the oven until a knife > inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, about 30 minutes. Set aside > to cool completely. > 6. Once cake has completely cooled, transfer to a plate. Evenly spread > the topping over the top of the cake. Refrigerate until topping has set, at > least 15 minutes. Evenly cut cake into 8 slices. Serve and enjoy! > (Refrigerate leftovers.) > > Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8th of recipe) > Calories: 217 > Fat: 5.5g > Sodium: 476mg > Carbs: 40g > Fiber: 1.5g > Sugars: 24g > Protein: 4g > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Desi Noller > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] Healthy Chocolate Cake > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm looking for "healthier" recipes for chocolate cake. I am on a > continuing quest to lose some weight, but my husband's Birthday is coming up > in just over a week, and because we both have high blood pressure and high > Cholesterol, I'd like to find a recipe that would get us both in as little > trouble as possible! I know there are some alternative chocolate cake > recipes out there, but I'm wondering if any of you have tried them, and if > so, would you be willing to share them with me? Thanks! > > Desi > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
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