South Beach Phase 1 Cake Recipe

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So, today has been rough.  Not diet wise, necessarily, but the toddler has been kind of grouchy, and D ended up working more than 12 hours last night.  He came home and after a trip to the store for chicken (which I skinned and de-boned, by the way) and dog food, all either of us wants now is cake.  Or pizza.  We're comfort eaters.

So, I went in search of a cake that I can use beans with and I found a Spice Cake recipe on Spark People that I modified to be South Beach friendly.  This will be dessert tonight.

Pinto Bean Spice Cake

1 can Pinto Beans--plain, rinsed and drained well
3 eggs
3/4 cup sugar substitute (I used Kroger's Apriva because it's cheap)
2.5 tsp rum extract  (you can use vanilla, if you want.  D likes this flavor better)

1/4 tsp almond extract (to balance the rum taste, totally optional)
2 tbsp Smart Balance Light

2 tbsp Low Fat Ricotta Cheese

2 tsp Apple Pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray a large rectangular pan (9x9 or thereabouts) with nonstick cooking spray. 

In a blender, combine all ingredients (beans, eggs, sugar substitute, butter substitute, cheese, extracts, spice, baking powder and soda.) Blend until very smooth. It'll be pretty runny.

Pour into your prepared baking pan and transfer to oven. Bake about 30 minutes at 350 degrees, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. 

Let cool completely before removing from pan.  I guess you could top with a little reduced fat cream cheese or something, but I'm going to just eat them as is.  

Number of Servings: 8

 

Calories: 86  Protein: 5 g  Fiber: 3 g Carbohydrates: 10 g

I'll do my regular update tonight.