Great Low Calorie Cake Recipes

Can’t satisfy your craving for desserts? Don’t know how to stop piling up all those calories? Here are some low calorie cake recipes to help you do just that.

Low Calorie Cheese Cake

Ingredients:
1. Sugar ¾ cup
2. Unflavored gelatin 2 envelopes
3. Eggs 3 separated
4. Salt ¼ teaspoon
5. Skimmed milk 1 ½ cup

6. Grated lemon rind 1 teaspoon
7. Cottage cheese 3 cups
8. Vanilla 1 teaspoon
9. Lemon juice 3 tablespoon
10. Graham cracker crumbs 1/3 cup

Preparation:
Mix the gelatin with the salt and six tablespoons of sugar in a double boiler over boiling water. Beat the egg yolks with the milk and then add it to the gelatin mixture. Keep stirring the mixture (for about 6 minutes) until it thickens slightly. Stop heating and then add the lemon rind. Chill the mixture until it mounds a bit when it is dropped from a spoon. While you are chilling the mixture, beat the cottage cheese at a high speed for about three minutes. Then add the vanilla and the lemon juice. Fold in the chilled gelatin mixture. Beat the egg whites till they are stiff but not dry. Then add the remaining sugar and beat it till it is very stiff. Fold into the gelatin mixture. Sprinkle the Graham cracker crumbs and turn into the pan. Chill it till its firm.

Low Calorie Banana Walnut Cake:

Ingredients:
1. Mashed bananas 2/3 cup
2. Softened butter ½ cup
3. Water ¾ cup
4. Eggs 3
5. Unbleached flour 2 cups
6. Baking powder 2 teaspoon
7. Cinnamon 1 teaspoon
8. Soda 1 teaspoon
9. Raisins ½ cup
10. Chopped walnuts ½ cup

Preparation:
Beat the bananas and the butter until they are creamy. Add the eggs and water, and beat it well. Stir in the unbleached flour, baking powder, the soda and the other dry ingredients. Beat the mixture until it is smooth. Add the raisins and the nuts. Spread the batter evenly on to a floured and oiled 13 inch by 9 inch pan. Bake it at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Insert a knife and check whether it comes out clean. Cool and serve it in square cut pieces.