Many think that following a healthy diet means deprivation. So they avoid all their cravings. Over time, this makes them stop the diet and eat all kinds of unhealthy foods in large amounts. To help you avoid this mistake, and since sweets are a must for some, you can eat all the sweet food you want by replacing unhealthy ingredients with healthy ones. In this article, we offer you 5 tasty healthy cake recipes:
First: banana and pineapple cake with coconut
Nutritional value: 209 calories - 8 grams fat - 31 grams carbs - 5 grams protein
Number of servings: 12
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 small/medium bananas
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil/apple sauce to keep it fat-free
- 1 cup crushed pineapple
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Half a cup dried coconut
- One and a half cups whole wheat white flour
- Half a cup granulated sugar
- Half a teaspoon baking powder
- 85 grams low-fat cream cheese
- Half a cup plain fat-free yogurt
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
How to prepare:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Add the mashed bananas with apple juice, pineapple juice, eggs, vanilla, and coconut. Mix well until combined.
- Add the flour, sugar, and baking powder to the mixture. Stir until you get a thick dough. Pour it into a baking dish and bake for 40 minutes until the cake is cooked.
- Decorate the cake and keep it in the fridge until it cools, then cut it into 12 pieces.
Second: Gluten-free chocolate cake
Nutrition facts: 206 calories - 13 grams fat - 18 grams carbs - 4 grams protein
Number of people: 2
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 14 grams of dark chocolate
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon oat flour
- A pinch of salt
Preparation method:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Heat the butter with the chocolate until it melts
- Add the egg to the chocolate and beat them together, then add the sugar, vanilla, flour, and a pinch of salt.
- Add the flour, sugar, and baking powder to the previous mix and stir until you get a firm dough, then pour it into the oven dish and bake for 40 minutes until the cake is done.
- Pour the mixture into a safe dish sprayed with flour so the cake doesn't stick, then bake it for 15 minutes until done, then serve hot.
Third: Sugar-free coconut cake, low in carbs
Nutrition facts: 217 calories - 15 grams fat - 45 grams carbs - 19 grams protein
Number of servings: 12
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 12 egg whites
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 8 egg yolks
- 1 cup coconut flour
- Half a cup coconut oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoons liquid vanilla
- 5 packets stevia sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon coconut milk
Preparation method:
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
- Separate the egg whites, making sure not to mix them with the yolks, then beat well with cream of tartar until the texture improves.
- In the main bowl add the egg yolks with the other ingredients and mix well until fully combined, then add a third of the egg whites and mix gently with a spoon, careful not to deflate the foam, then add the second portion, then the last.
- Put the cake mixture in the oven for 40 minutes until fully cooked and the surface is light brown, then let it cool a bit before serving.
Fourth: flourless chocolate cake
Nutritional value: 436 calories , 29 grams fat , 34 grams carbs , 7 grams protein
Number of people: 12
Prep time: 35 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 225 salted butter cubes
- 300 grams grated dark chocolate
- 1 tablespoon coffee powder
- 6 large eggs (separate yolks and whites)
- 100 grams light brown sugar
- 200 grams fine sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 30 grams cocoa powder
Preparation method:
- Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, and butter the cake mold.
- Heat the chocolate with the butter until it melts completely. Mix the coffee powder with two spoonfuls of hot water until it becomes liquid. Then add it to the melted chocolate and let the mixture cool.
- Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl. Mix the egg yolks with the other ingredients in the main bowl, then add the chocolate and coffee mixture.
- Gradually add the egg whites to the previous mixture, stirring with a spoon to avoid losing the air in it.
- Bake the cake mixture in the oven for one hour and 20 minutes until fully cooked and the surface turns light brown. Let it cool a bit before serving.
Fifth: Strawberry Cake
Nutritional value: 719 calories - 32 grams fat - 100 grams carbohydrates - 7 grams protein
Number of people: 16
Prep time: 40 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 400 grams softened butter
- 400 grams fine sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 400 grams self-raising flour
- 100 ml natural yogurt
- 300 grams peeled and chopped strawberries
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
For decoration:
- 100 grams soft butter
- 250 grams cream cheese
- 600 grams powdered sugar
- 400 grams of strawberry jam
Preparation method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, and grease 3 cake molds with butter.
- Mix the butter with sugar until fully combined, then add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.
- Put the cake mix in the oven for 30 minutes until it's fully cooked and the top turns light brown, then let it cool a bit before decorating.
- To make the icing, mix the butter with half the sugar until smooth, then add the cream cheese and the rest of the sugar, and mix again without overdoing it so it doesn't get runny.
- For decorating the cake, spread this icing and jam over and around the cake to cover it completely, then keep it in the fridge until it cools and the icing and jam stick before serving.
