I need a low-fat recipe for my wife's birthday cake

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My wife & I are doing the Weight-watchers thing and she’s being pretty religious about counting points.

Tommorrow is her birthday and I’d like to make her a cake. The cake-mix-in-a-box stuff is probably no good and I know that icing is out.

I need a good tasting recipe for low-fat, low calorie cake (or some other good birthday dessert).

-B

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Angel food cake. I don’t think you’ll get any lower fat than that. You can put a light glaze on it and it’s delish. It’s very low in WW points.

I don’t have a recipe but type in “angel food cake recipe” into Google and I’m sure there will be some there.

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Belrix - go to google and type in Don Mauer Cake.

Don Mauer is the guy who writes the lean and lovin it column in many newspapers - and his recipes are very very good.

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I have no idea how you’d count the points, but I’ve used boxed chocolate cake mix and instead of adding oil, I used 1/2 cup of unsweetened applesauce. It was moist and yummy and tasted just like a chocolate cake.

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I have a recipe that’s quick, easy and incredibly low-fat:

  1. Put four cups of flour in a bowl
  2. Add water
  3. Mold into the shape of a cake
  4. Bake

Oh wait, you said “good-tasting”. Huh. I guess you could throw some Skittles in there or something. I think they’re pretty low fat.

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Hmm… if you don’t mind pie instead of cake, I like the WW Key lime-pie recipe.

3pts a slice.

Reduced fat graham cracker pie crust, 2 small boxes of lime sugar-free jello, 2 containers of lime or lemon yogurt, and 12oz(i think?) of cool-whip free.

Hmm… the details are elduing me right now. I think you mix the Jello with like a cup or hot water, then while still hot mix in yogurt and cool-whip. Fold into crust and chill.

Somethign like that, anyway.

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1 box Angel Food Cake Mix
1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Mix two ingredients together and pour into angel food cake pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes until dark golden brown. Don’t underbake.

Turn the pan immediately upside down on a glass bottle until cool. Slide knife around the pan to remove the cake.

Cut into twelve slices, each slice is 3 points. Add whipped topping (or even frost the cake with whipped topping) for hardly any more points.

(This can also be baked in a 9x13 pan, for about 25-30 minutes)