25 Oct
Low-fat dessert recipes?
Hi everyone!
I was wondering if anyone has some great low-fat dessert recipes? I’ve been looking online for a few, but none of them seem tasty. So, please something that is light on fat and calories, but not on taste. Thanks! Oh, links are good, too!
I was wondering if anyone has some great low-fat dessert recipes? I’ve been looking online for a few, but none of them seem tasty. So, please something that is light on fat and calories, but not on taste. Thanks! Oh, links are good, too!
Posted by Sydney on 25.10.08 at 12:02 am
Root Beer Cake
Time: 1-2 hours Serves: 10
Ingredients & Instructions
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch salt
2 eggs
1 cup root beer (do not use diet)
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8-inch spring form pan.
For cake, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. Put 1 cup root beer in a small saucepan; boil, uncovered, until it is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool to lukewarm.
Beat brown sugar and butter in large bowl of an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stop the mixer and add the reduced root beer and vanilla. Mix just to combine. Fold in the dry ingredients with a rubber spatula.
Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool 5 minutes. Poke holes all over top with a toothpick. Brush with about 3 tablesppons of the root beer. Remove the sides from the pan and cool cake completely.
For frosting, mix 6 tablesppons root beer, confectioners’ sugar, butter and vanilla in a small bowl to make a thin frosting. Spread over top of cooled cake, letting it drip down the sides.