Fat Free Chocolate Cake Recipes

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.

LOW-FAT CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a 9-inch square baking pan; stir well. Add milk, oil, and vanilla extract; stir until smooth.
• Mix together brown sugar and cocoa powder in a small bowl; sprinkle over batter. Pour boiling water over batter but do not stir.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched in the center, about 40 minutes.

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.

FAT FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat Together and set aside first 3 ingredients.
• Sift Together all remaining ingredients.
• Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
• Pour into 10" pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake in oven pre-heated to 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
• Cool in pan on rack and remove when completely cool.

(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.

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.

GUILT-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, yogurt, cocoa, egg whites and egg; beat on low for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes. , Pour into a 10-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.