Luscious Low Fat Chocolate Pound Cake

Submitted by RockinChef

"This is the dieters dream cake! It's rich and bold in flavor, but not bad on the waist line. This recipe is also wonderful when it is made with or without the cocoa powder and fresh fruit is added."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 10-15 pieces of cake

ingredients

• 3 large egg whites
• 1⁄2 cup fat free sour cream
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup skim milk (I like the evaporated milk. It makes it more dense, and almost brownie like) or 1 cup fat-free evaporated milk (I like the evaporated milk. It makes it more dense, and almost brownie like)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 - 1 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour (depending on how dense you like your cake)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Using a nonfat cooking spray (I like the butter flavored, but anything will work just fine) grease a pound cake pan.
3. In a medium bowl sift or stir together the salt, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa, and flour.
4. Set aside.
5. In a medium bowl whisk together the egg whites, sour cream, brown sugar, and vanilla extract.
6. Whisk in 1/3 of the flour mixture, 1/2 the milk, 1/3 flour, 1/2 milk, 1/3 flour.
7. Got it?.
8. tehehe.
9. Pour mixture into the greased pan and bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until a wood toothpick comes out clean.

Reviews

[awilliams234]

This cake has no taste. It isn't sweet nor does it taste like chololate. Kind of like sawdust. My husband, who will eat any cake any time even didn't like it.

 

[Marlene.]

For a lighter , low fat cake, this is good! Not overly sweet , would go great with fresh coffee or tea. Mixed up quickly and easily, the only thing that wasn't "correct" for me was the time to bake. I still had raw dough around one side of it after 25 minutes, so I set the timer for another 15 ... but ended up taking it out at approx. 40 minutes total cooking time. Just used a sprinkle of powdered sugar to top it off. Made in memory of Chef-I-Am.