Low-Fat Cake/frosting?

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MrsMom Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 12:49am
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My MIL has a liver disorder that doesn't allow her to eat a lot of fat. It makes her sick. I love to make cakes for her, so is there a way to make the cake and frosting low-fat (and still taste decent) so she can still eat it?

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JoAnnB Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 5:14am
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Meringue frosting or 7-minute frosting is quite tasty. there is a browned sugar version that has a caramel like flavor.

It is fat free, so it should work. It can be flavored with all sorts of flavors.

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HungryMamma2 Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 11:22am
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Maybe you can make an angel cake and for the frosting do a fat-free cream cheese frosting mixed with strawberry.

If you go to FoodNetwork.com, Alton Brown (my favorite chef) has a great recipe for homemade angel cake.

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MrsMom Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 12:48pm
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Is the 7-minute frosting on this website?

Oh, I didn't think about angel food cake!

Has anyone tried adding a can of diet soda to a cake mix? I heard about this from a friend on WW. How does that taste?

The ff cream cheese frosting sounds pretty good. Would I be able to pipe/decorate with that?

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HungryMamma2 Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 1:12pm
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I "think" you could. maybe you could add some fat free coolwhip to thin it out a little bit if it is too thick..just a guess icon_rolleyes.gif

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azsunn Posted 18 Jun 2007 , 5:26pm
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You could make a chocolate cake and replace the fat with pumpkin instead. (one chocolate cake mix, 15oz can of pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling), 1 egg white and 1/4 C water). You can make this with a spice cake too, both are delicious. This is far superior to the diet coke cake your friend told you about.

Seven minute icing and chocolate cake is my family's favorite.

Hope that helps.

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