It's
the month for Valentine's....hearts, flowers, candy and
love. You'll see them everywhere. So how about some
surprisingly simple, sinfully delicious, yet VERY low-fat
sweets for you sweet? That's what you'll find here this
month. Enjoy!
Maraschino Cherry Cake with Cream
Sauce
Cake
ingredients:
1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries
2 Tablespoons applesauce
6 egg whites
1 (18.25-ounce) box reduced-fat yellow cake mix - dry
Cream
sauce ingredients:
1 pint fat-free half & half
1 (4.6-ounce) box vanilla cook & serve pudding and
pie filling mix - dry
Preheat oven to 350º. Spray three 8-inch round cake pans
with non-fat cooking spray. Set aside. Drain juice from
maraschino cherries into a measuring cup. Add enough
water to the juice to measure 1 cup. Set the cherries
aside. In a medium bowl, mix together juice/water,
applesauce and
egg whites until well blended. Stir in cake mix. Scraping
bowl constantly, stir for 2 minutes. Divide the cherries
evenly among the bottoms of the prepared pans. Pour
batter over cherries in pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
(cakes are done when a toothpick inserted in center comes
out clean)
In the meantime, while cakes are baking, prepare cream
sauce in a 2-quart non-stick saucepan. Cook the half
& half with the dry pudding mix over medium heat,
stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full boil.
Remove from the heat and let sit until the cakes are
finished baking. Once the cakes are completely baked,
carefully cut (steak knives work well here) each cake
into 8 pieces. Place each serving on an individual
dessert plate. Put a dab of the warm cream sauce on top
of each serving, allowing the sauce to ooze down the
side. Serve warm. Makes 24 servings.
Now for the good part....this cake has only 132 calories
per serving, with only 3% of those calories from fat. Eat
heart smart!
Cappuccino Cookies
1
(18.25-ounce) box reduced-fat devil's food cake mix - dry
1 Tablespoon instant coffee
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup skim milk
2 (4-ounce) containers Egg Beaters® (or 8 egg whites)
Preheat oven to 400º. Spray cookie sheets with non-fat
cooking spray and set aside. Mix all ingredients together
with a spatula until well blended. Drop by rounded
heaping teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookies sheets and
bake for 5 minutes or until centers are set. Makes 48
cookies.
Ready? 47 calories per serving, with only 17% from fat.
Recommended dietary guidelines are less than 30% fat per
serving...so pig out!
Orange Sugar Cookies
Cookie
ingredients:
1/3 cup plus 1 Tablespoon orange juice
1 cup reduced-fat Bisquick® baking mix
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon orange extract
Frosting
ingredients:
2 Tablespoons reduced-fat prepared vanilla frosting
2 drops orange extract
Preheat oven to 400º. Spray cookie sheets with non-fat
cooking spray and set aside. Mix all cookie ingredients
together in a medium bowl until well mixed. Drop by
rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake
for 4 minutes or until bottoms are light golden brown.
While the cookies are baking, microwave frosting for 15
seconds, just enough to melt. Stir in orange extract.
Drizzle frosting over warm, baked cookies. Makes 24
cookies.
These cookies pack quite a bit of flavor for only 35
calories each, and 0% from fat!
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kit'n kaboodle for more great
recipes!
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