Easy Tips for Healthy Cakes
Wouldn’t you just love to sink your teeth into a wedge of carrot cake with cream cheese icing or Whipped German chocolate cake, or maybe caramel apple cake - what if it could be a healthier? Less guilt? Try these tips to give your cake recipes a healthy makeover.
First: replace 1/2 of the all-purpose flour with white whole wheat flour, brings more dietary fiber into the cake without changing the flavor much. No one knows but you.
Second: Replace all but 1/3 c. of the oil or butter called for in the recipe using canned pumpkin or applesauce, for a moist flavorful cake with less fat.
Example recipe calls for 1 – 1/3 c. oil, use 1/3 c. oil, and 1 c. of applesauce or pumpkin. In many of my recipes I use grated apple or zucchini also. Which of these flavors goes best with the cake I am making.
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