Birthday Cake from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Birthday Cake Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

2 cups sifted cake flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 egg whites, room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar, finely ground in a
food processor or blender for 2 minutes
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup buttermilk, room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
Seven-Minute Frosting, (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions:

Arrange the oven racks to divide the oven into thirds. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 8-inch round baking pans with parchment or wax paper rounds and spray with nonstick cooking spray.

Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt onto a sheet of wax paper.

In a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on high speed, beat the whites until foamy, 1 minute; gradually add 1/3 cup of the sugar and beat until firm peaks form, 3 to 4 minutes.

In another large mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine the oil, remaining 1/3 cup sugar, buttermilk, and vanilla and almond extracts; beat until well blended, 30 seconds. Whisk in about half of the flour mixture, then alternately fold in the remaining flour with the beaten whites. Spread evenly in the prepared pans and bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack and frost.

This recipe yields 10 servings. Serving size: 1 piece.

Exchanges Per Serving (without frosting): 3 Carbohydrate, 1 Fat.

Nutrition Facts (without frosting): Calories 270; Calories from Fat 71; Total Fat 8g; Saturated Fat 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 272mg; Carbohydrate 46g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Sugars 24g; Protein 5g.

Comments: This is the snowy-white cake so many of us associate with birthdays, a perfect match for the fluffy "Seven-Minute Frosting" (see recipe). Because this cake is so delicate and light, it requires careful preparation: make sure the ingredients are room temperature, and that you've measured your ingredients precisely.

Source:
"American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-24-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© American Diabetes Association, 2000"

Servings: 10

"Enchant, stay beautiful and graceful, but do this, eat well. Bring the same consideration to the preparation of your food as you devote to your appearance. Let your dinner be a poem, like your dress."

~ Charles Pierre Monselet

 

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