Angelic indulgences: cut refined flour and sugar and still satisfy your sweet tooth.Sugarless Success Spice Cake Sweetness may be the spice of life, but refined sugar can contribute to premature aging, diabetes, and heart disease. Does that mean cutting cake out of your diet? Not if you substitute using wholesome and low-calorie sweeteners. Enjoy fluffy, comfy com·fy adj. com·fi·er, com·fi·est Informal Comfortable. comfy Adjective [-fier, -fiest] Informal comfortable Adj. 1. spice cake while saving 2,000 sugar calories. With careful planning, health-conscious cooks can have their cake and eat it too! Sugarless Success Spice Cake 2 cups sifted whole-wheat pastry flour 2 cups Splenda [R] sweetener 1 cup soy protein isolate 2 t. baking powder 1 t. baking soda 1 cup soy butter, at room temperature 1 cup molasses 4 eggs, 2 egg whites 1 cup soymilk 1 t. pure vanilla extract 1/4 t. clove 1/2 t. ginger 1 T. cinnamon 1/2 t. nutmeg CREAM-CHEESE ICING 1 8-oz package of low-fat cream cheese 1 8-oz package of fat-free cream cheese 1 t. butter extract 2 T. honey 1 T. vanilla extract 1 T. vegetable glycerin 1 cup Splenda [R] sweetener 1 t. cinnamon dash of salt Preheat pre·heat tr.v. pre·heat·ed, pre·heat·ing, pre·heats To heat (an oven, for example) beforehand. pre·heat  er n. oven to 350[degrees]F. Spray 3 9-inch cake pans with
nonstick non·stick adj. Permitting easy removal of adherent food particles: a frying pan with a nonstick surface. nonstick Adjective spray. Using an electric mixer, cream soy margarine until fluffy. Add Splenda [R] and molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. and continue to mix wall for 6 to 8 minutes. Add 4 whole eggs, one at a time. Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and spices and continue to beat. Add 2 egg whites until just mixed. Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4 inches above counter, then dropping it flat onto counter several times to release air bubbles. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick toothpick, n a wood sliver used to cleanse the interdental space. toothpick, balsa wood, n a triangular wedge of balsa wood used to clean the teeth interproximally and stimulate the interdental gingival tissues. comes out clean in the middle. Combine all icing ingredients in a medium bowl and blend with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Cool cake in pans 5 to 10 minutes longer. Invert in·vert v. 1. To turn inside out or upside down. 2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of. 3. To subject to inversion. n. Something inverted. onto cooling racks. Cool completely and transfer one layer at a time to serving plate, layering with cream-cheese icing in between each. Spread over edges and top generously. Dust with cinnamon (optional). Serves 16. Per serving: calories: 250; fat: 13 grams; carbohydrates: 20 grams; protein: 10 grams; cholesterol: 62.5 milligrams. Atlanta-based Angela Braden is author of the upcoming book Angelic Indulgence indulgence, in the Roman Catholic Church, the pardon of temporal punishment due for sin. It is to be distinguished from absolution and the forgiveness of guilt. The church grants indulgences out of the Treasury of Merit won for the church by Christ and the saints. . |
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