Low Fat Chocolate Mocha Cake
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 2⁄3 cup boiling water
- 8 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 egg whites
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
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Glaze
- 1⁄3 cup cocoa
- 1⁄4 cup evaporated skim milk
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray a 9" tube pan with nonstick spray and dust with flour.
- In a large bowl, mix the cocoa, coffee and boiling water; add the margarine and stir until melted.
- Stir in the sugar, honey, egg yolk, and vanilla until blended.
- In another bowl, combine the cornstarch with 1/4 cup yogurt, then stir in the rest of the yogurt.
- Add to chocolate-honey mixture.
- Sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder and add to the wet mixture.
- Stir well.
- With an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until frothy.
- Add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until stiff.
- Fold the egg whites gently into the batter.
- Pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool for 30 minutes on a rack.
- Unmold and cool to room temperature.
- Combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl.
- Mix thoroughly and let stand 5 minutes.
- Spread the glaze over the top of th cake.
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Reviews
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I really enjoyed this cake. I thought it had a very nice texture and also really liked the fact that it wasn't overly sweet. I used 1 cup splenda and 1/2 c sugar (was scared to omit sugar entirely) and it turned out fine! I also substituted the yogurt for sour cream because I didn't have any yogurt at the time. OK, too. Thanks for the recipe!
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I really enjoyed this cake. I thought it had a very nice texture and also really liked the fact that it wasn't overly sweet. I used 1 cup splenda and 1/2 c sugar (was scared to omit sugar entirely) and it turned out fine! I also substituted the yogurt for sour cream because I didn't have any yogurt at the time. OK, too. Thanks for the recipe!
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