Almost No Fat Chocolate Cake Recipes

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk egg whites, water and corn syrup. Stir into dry ingredients. Pour into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

EXTREME LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Generously grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl sift the flour with cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
• In another bowl beat the sugar with egg whites and vanilla until well combined.
• Mix in the yogurt and applesauce until thoroughly combined.
• Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and beat on low speed until just combined.
• Transfer to prepared baking dish.
• Bake for about 30-35 minutes or until cake tests done (watch closely, do not over bake!).

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch round cake pan, and dust with cocoa powder.
• In the top of a double boiler over lightly simmering water, melt chocolate and butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Slices can also be reheated for 20 to 30 seconds in the microwave before serving.

FAT FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C (165C fan) 350F. Butter & flour (or use cocoa powder) two 20cm sponge tins or cake tins. Make the instant coffee with the cup of boiling water and leave it to one side to cool a bit.
• Prepare the prune puree: put 250g of pitted prunes and 1/2 cup water into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Sometimes I remove a few prunes and replace them pitted dates for extra sweetness/richness.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Roughly chop the chocolate (if using any) and put it in the bowl as well. It doesn't matter too much about the size of the pieces but the larger ones create bubbles of chocolate throughout the cake.
• Use a food processor with the whisk attachment to beat the eggs and egg white until creamy, then add the sugar a little at a time and keep whisking until light in both colour and texture. With the processor still going add the milk and the vanilla extract and keep whisking.
• Now add the prune puree to the eggs and milk, while still whisking. Keep the food processor going now for a few minutes, because the more air you get into it at this point, the better.
• Pour the egg/sugar/milk/vanilla/prune mixture into the dry ingredients and start to fold in, then add the cooled coffee and fold until it is almost incorporated and the mixture is smooth. Don't spend too long folding as the baking soda will already have started reacting with the coffee and starting the rising process.
• Pour the mixture into the tins and bake until firm, 20-30 mins depending on your oven and whether you want collapsingly moist like a fondant or firm for a sandwich cake to be decorated. I've known it to take 35mins without making the cake dry.
• Cool in the pans on a rack for 10 minutes, then remove the cakes from the pans and cool completely on the rack before decorating. They can be sandwiched together with a filling of your choice (raspberry jam or pureed cherries with kirsch are lovely, but children always want chocolate butter icing or Nutella). Decorate the outside if you wish, with cream or more icing.
• If cooked firm, this cake is very strong and I have made 4- or 6-layer versions of it with lots of tempered chocolate poured over the top (such as Scooby Doo would like to eat), simply to see the faces of the children when I carry it into the room.

(ALMOST) NO FAT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray the bottom and sides of a 10-inch spring-form pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Dust the pan with 1 tablespoon cocoa and tap out the excess.
• To prepare batter: In a medium bowl, sift together 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon cocoa, flour, baking power and baking soda.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat egg whites, brown sugar, yogurt and vanilla until blended, about 1 to 2 minutes on medium speed.
• Mix in dry ingredients by hand or on low mixer speed until just moistened.
• Do not over-mix.
• (This is not a smooth batter.).
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• (If the pan is of a different size, the cooking time may vary.) Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• Then use a knife to loosen the sides of the cake from the pan.
• Remove the ring and cool completely on a rack.
• Serve the cake on the metal bottom of the pan.
• To prepare the topping: in a small bowl, combine the remaining tablespoon of cocoa with the powdered sugar.
• Place the mixture in a small fine sieve and dust the top of cake before serving.

ALMOST FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Line a 9-inch round spring-form pan with parchment paper.
• In a double boiler, whisking frequently, melt the chocolate with the butter. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly then transfer to an electric mixer fitted with a whisk. Add the eggs and beat at the high speed for 10 minutes. Add the vanilla.
• Combine the sugar and flour and gently fold this mixture into the whipped chocolate base.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until the cake is firm, but the center still moist, about 15 minutes.
• Cool cake then invert onto a serving plate. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve topped with sweetened whipped cream or in a pool of crème anglaise.

ULTRA-DELISH LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 round cake pans with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle with flour. Sift together all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, mix applesauce, milk, vanilla, coffee, prunes, chocolate, almond extract and egg whites. Fold into the dry ingredients. Bake for 40 minutes.