So a client calls me... And it's the standard "Oh, how much time do you need? I have company tomorrow for lunch..." Well, I"m not busy and Desperate Housewives doesn't start for another two hours, so why not? DH is home and he can look after the kids for an hour or so, Right??? As the conversation rolls along, it's just a small, easy cake (6" with choc. ganache and a fondant bow. I do them in my sleep), and she's paying me WELL!!!

Here's the kicker. She has only tried my cakeballs so far. YOu know, cakey goodness covered in chocolate. So as we are discussing what flavor cake, she says "Well, I want it to be kind of healthy, you know?" Ummmm... It's cake. "Oh, I know, but can it be kind of healthy?" Umm.... Well, it's sugar and flower and eggs... "Oh I know... But like your cake balls were so good..." Ok. seriously... there is NOTHING healthy about a cake ball. That's why it tastes so darn good!!! Hidden celery??? Crush multi-vitamin into it??? No??? So we're okay with just the cake and ganache and decorations then???

I swear, I nearly peed my pants!!!!

tell her you'll give her a 4" instead and she can cut the slices extra small so it'll be "healthier" LOL

Where in the whole wide world do these people come from? Another planet? Healthy cake...... what an oxymoron.

Well...eggs...milk..that sounds pretty healthy to me!

Edna

Hey I am thinking coco comes from a bean ...beans...healthy ...right!!!

Stick with chocolate and you can't go wrong.

lol that's really funny.

but chutzpah... healthy cake doesn't really have to be an oxymoron, there are plenty of ways to make a cake healthy.

So she wants healthy...it's possible...
dark chocolate (antioxidant), use egg whites only (low cholesterol), organic sugar in the raw, as suggested before add whipped cream (dairy)and a strawberry (fruit), while you're at it throw in some flax seed when sifting the flour (which is going to be unbleached, whole wheat, in it's organic state straight off of the farm that you will process yourself minutes before baking), why not add tsp. of orange juice (Vit. C) and top if off with a mint leaf (herb/veggie)...is this healthy enough?!?
gosh darn, some people!

Well you know that since when you make cake balls you break up the cake and the calories and fat FALL OUT of the cake!!

So cake balls are MUCH healthier than and actual cake. Plus if you dip them in Dark Chocolate - well, we all know that DARK chocolate is HEALTHY for you - right??

Maybe that's what she meant?

That's why carrot cake was invented. Hehehehehe

Mike

I have (had?) recipes for zucchini; carrot; lettus cakes. Which one do you think will be the healthiest for her?

I checked out those new Pillsbury cake mixes tonight; the box says 50% less sugar, and there's a Splenda logo next to that. Well, maybe it's 50% less sugar, but it's only 20 fewer calories per serving. Darn; I guess I'll just have to stick to the real thing after all!

Hang on...I am stuck on the lettuce cake...you said you "had" the recipe...did you ever make it and try it??? We all have to know....

Ok-----
This almost made me pee my pants too

I'm reminded of a line in the movie "Analyze This" when one of the guys was going to get something to eat. It went something like: "What kind of sandwich isn't too fattening?" The answer... "Half a sandwich".

Pat

Lettuce cake? It conjurs up pictures of green spinach pasta and the like. Maybe we could get a tomatoe cake and have a cake salad.

why not puree some vegetables and add it in the batter she'll never taste the difference...and... it's healthy!

I had to look for the lettuce cake recipe, this is the only one I could find -
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98980531.tip.html

Now why would anyone put lettuce in a cake?!

Your situation sounds so familiar! I once had a lady call and she wanted a "healthy cake"...she actually asked me to make a no suger, low fat cake! Can you believe it?!?!?! I told her it didn't exist and she said she absolutely had to have it because some of the people at her party were diabetic. I couldn't help but think that if I had diabetis then I would probably know better than to shove a huge piece of cake in my face. Anyways she said she knew of a place where she could get one..........

Wow ya some ppl. Next time I go on a diet I'll have to find some healthy cake and maybe some candies to go with that! lol

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Healthy cake.......... .............hahahahahaha
This is just TOO much...................

I did make a cake and icing with no/very little sugar. It was horrible. The icing literally melted when I took it outside to deliver it, it was very heavy, and it tasted like crap. The diabetics who ate it actually liked it. I won't be making that cake again!!

So...this woman must be thinking of the Bill Cosby philosophy of cake....

Chocolate Cake for Breakfast!!!!
"Dad is Great.....give us the chocolate cake!!!" (I can hear the melody now!!!!)

Milk...eggs...flour...those things are all in pancakes, so cake MUST be healthy and good for you, right?!?! RIGHT!!!!

Lish

OK I can't decide which is funnier, the original post or the fact that a recipe actually exists for "lettuce cake"!

(p.s. I TOTALLY subscribe to the Bill Cosby version of cake nutrition. Specifically for breakfast! That is one of my favorite comedic bits )

oh dear.. I had a recipe for a truly healthy 'chocolate' cake . I think it was called the menopause cake or something like that... full of carob and seeds and so worthy that it couldn't possibly be enjoyable. It was given to me by my very earnest massage tutor who was into all things healthy and Zen and hippy.

Although I can't remember the name for certain I remember smiling and thinking, 'I'm never going to making that little parcel of goodness!''

I tried to eat a piece of healthy cake once-made with the seeds, carob, sugarless, sawdust, whatever...it was so bad the box it came in tasted better! I'm gagging and making cat hairball sounds just thinking about it.

There is a book with great vegan recipes: Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World.