4 Surprisingly Light Cake Recipes
Take the cake
We lightened up your favorites—like this Deep Dark Chocolate Layer Cake with fluffy, delicious vanilla frosting—for all your celebrations.
Deep Dark Chocolate Layer Cake
Cake ingredients: cooking spray, all-purpose flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, brewed coffee, canola oil, egg whites, apple cider vinegar, vanilla extract
Frosting ingredients: egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, salt, vanilla extract
Calories: 352
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Coconut dream
Toasted coconut tops off the creamy, luscious frosting on our Toasted-Coconut Layer Cake. The secret to its super-rich texture: coconut milk.
Toasted-Coconut Layer Cake
Cake ingredients: cooking spray, sugar, dried coconut, unsalted butter, eggs, cake flour, baking powder, salt, unsweetened coconut milk, vanilla extract
Frosting ingredients: dried coconut, egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, salt, vanilla extract
Calories: 378
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Almond joy
Enjoy our Amaretto Cheesecake with Almond Brittle, and get 9 grams of protein from your dessert course.
Amaretto Cheesecake with Almond Brittle
Cake ingredients: cooking spray, sliced almonds, all-purpose flour, sugar, unsalted butter, cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, amaretto, vanilla extract, eggs
Brittle ingredients: sliced almonds, sugar, water, saltCalories: 334
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Lovely layers
Want a showstopping and skinny dessert? Our Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Vanilla Ice Cream Cake—made with light ice cream—will wow guests.
Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Vanilla Ice Cream Cake
Ingredients: hazelnuts, bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, half-and-half, brown sugar, salt, vanilla extract, chocolate ice cream, vanilla ice cream
Calories: 271
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