I need a low cal cke recipe for tomorrow!!!

Frost
Frost Posts: 312 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
I need to bake a birthday cake for tomorrow. Anyone have a tasty lower calorie recipe for a birthday cake? Carrot is my partner's favorite but that is around 320 a slice for the average recipe.

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  • Frost
    Frost Posts: 312 Member
    I need to bake a birthday cake for tomorrow. Anyone have a tasty lower calorie recipe for a birthday cake? Carrot is my partner's favorite but that is around 320 a slice for the average recipe.
  • yellow_pepper
    yellow_pepper Posts: 708 Member
    Angel food cake is lower in calories than most. You can use it to make an extra light strawberry short cake with sliced strawberries (NOT in syrup) and cool whip.

    Another way to keep the calories low is to just frost the top and between layers. Skip the sides. With cream cheese frostings on a darker cake, this actually looks pretty good.

    Or you could just serve smaller slices of something you know everyone will love. :smile:
  • jgates426
    jgates426 Posts: 10
    You can cut a lot of fat and calories by just substituting unsweetened applesauce for 1/2 of the oil and using egg whites instead of the whole egg in your favorite recipe. Also leave off the frosting
  • Frost
    Frost Posts: 312 Member
    Great suggestions! Thank you. Strawberry shortcake would be really easy and I could get a low fat, lower calorie whipped cream to use.
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