Cake delema!

[Brandi]

So my niece Lorelei is haveing to stick to a really strict diet. She can only have 20 grams of fat a day. And my sister would preferr she has that fat along with her normal meals in a healthier form. But her birthday is coming up and she does want to make her some kind of special treat. Does anyone have any recipes for that kind of diet. She would like to make her a cake but I don't know? Any idea would be appreciated. i know some of you have special diet needs and thought maybe someone has come up with a good birthday alternative.

[Blueberry]

I'd immediately think of an angel food cake - with lots of nice berries in syrup. Heavy on sugar (if you put sugar with the berries), but very light on fat. Since the cake is made with egg whites, it's very low fat ETA - some sites say it's actually fat free, but I think there may be trace fat in the whites?

CA

[Aggie_Ama]

+1 on angel food with berries and reduced fat cool whip.

[Eden]

You can replace the butter or oil in many cake recipes with applesauce - I've done this with brownies and its pretty darn good. I've never tried replacing the eggs too, but I'm sure you can use egg substitute (like eggbeaters) or egg whites. I think it probably works best with moist cakes. I've done brownies (cocoa powder is fat free), gingerbread and I've been thinking about trying carrot cake.

blech... cool whip COOL WHIP - WHIPPED TOPPING - FREE - FREE

Ingredients: WATER, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL* (COCONUT AND PALM KERNEL OILS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (FROM MILK), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUMS, POLYSORBATE 60, POLYSORBATE 65, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR).

I'd go for fat free vanilla yogurt first... I've never tried whipping yogurt hmmmmmmmm....

[Brandi]

Oh thank you! We were drawing blanks for some reason!

[tulip]

I just made an angel food cake in my new oven in my new kitchen. It's my favorite kind of cake. Definitely go for the fresh berries--they ought to be coming in in California very soon. And I love the idea of whipping vanilla yogurt. I agree with Eden, Cool Whip is nasty stuff.

It's probably best to go with a mix, as from-scratch angel food cake is pretty labor intensive. Be sure that you don't undercook it. If you use a tube pan, be sure to cool it upside down on a glass (the directions on the box have this information). Also, for cutting, an angel food cake comb is best, but if you don't have one, use a serrated knife and don't squish when you cut.