Guilt Free Chocolate Cake

Do you need some chocolate cake but do not want to break your diet? Definitely you want to take a look at this recipe! It is so awesome and looks delicious and not very hard to make at all. You can not be perfectly good all the time, right? It is like the lawyers for mesothelioma...out for themselves! Take your cake and enjoy it!

INGREDIENTS

100 grams dates (3 1/2 oz)
1 cup apple juice
1/2 tsp baking soda (bi-carbonate of soda)
1 cup of self raising flour (or 1 cup of cake flour and 1 tsp baking powder)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 egg whites
3/4 cup Splenda
2 tsp powdered (Icing) sugarPlace dates, apple juice and baking soda into a saucepan and bring to the boil. Remove from heat, cover and leave to cool. When cool, blend in a food processor until smooth.
Line a 7 - 8 inch (18cm) cake pan with baking paper.
Preheat oven to 335 deg F (179 deg C).

Sift the flour and the cocoa powder into a bowl and stir in the date puree and the vanilla extract.
Beat egg whites until stiff adding Splenda gradually. Fold half the egg whites into the date mixture, then fold in remaining egg whites (if mixture is a little dry add 1 - 2 tblspn of Water or nonfat milk).
Spoon mixture into prepared pan and bake for @35 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool on a rack and serve, dusted with the 2 tsp of powdered sugar.
NOTE: The date puree replaces the fat content, you could try prunes as a substitute and puree them, the juice could be replaced with another.
If you want to use sugar instead of Splenda use 1/3 cup unpacked Brown Sugar and add another 22 calories to each serve.

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Posted by Sabriena at 06:18