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A splendid chocolate torte
that looks and tastes like you shouldn't indulge -- but go ahead,
it's lusciously low-fat...and uses very little sugar, too!
Light
and Luscious Chocolate Torte
- Torte:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup 56 to 60% vegetable
oil spread, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons frozen egg substitute, thawed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup skim milk
Chocolate Filling:
- 1 teaspoon unflavored
gelatin
1 tablespoon cold water
2 tablespoons boiling water
1 (1.3 ounce) envelope dry whipped topping mix
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- Heat oven to 350°F
(175°C). Grease
and flour two 8-inch round layer pans; line bottoms with parchment
or wax paper. Grease and flour paper.
- For Cake: In a medium
bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda; set
aside.
- In a large bowl, beat
vegetable oil spread and sugar until well blended; add egg substitute
and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately
with milk to sugar mixture, beating well.
- Divide batter into prepared
pans.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes
or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean; cool
in pans 10 minutes. Invert onto wire rack; remove wax paper.
Cool completely.
- For Chocolate Filling:
Sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let stand 2 minutes to soften.
Add boiling water; stir until
gelatin dissolves and mixture is clear. Cool 10 minutes.
- In a small bowl, beat
topping mix, sugar, cocoa (plus skim milk and vanilla as directed
on package of whipped topping) until topping thickens.
Add gelatin mixture; beat
until blended and stiffened. Use immediately.
- Spread half of filling
on top of each layer. Stack layers and refrigerate. Refrigerate
leftover cake.
Makes 12 servings.
Sorry, nutritional analysis
was not available.
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