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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

H3 Recipe Bonus: Super Soft Chocolate Cake with Oreo Cream Filling

Super Soft Chocolate Cake with Oreo Cream Filling

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A light, yet decadent dessert – perfect to share with the ones you love!  (Or keep all to yourself...it's that good!)

INGREDIENTS:

Cake

  • 1 ¾ cup               All purpose flour

  • 2 cups                  Sugar

  • ¾ cups                Cocoa powder

  • 2 teaspoon         Baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon         Baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon         Salt

  • 1 cup                    Cottage cheese, 1%, pureed

  • ½ cup                  Nonfat plain yogurt

  • 2 each                  Eggs

  • 1 ½ teaspoon    Vanilla extract

  • 1 cup                     Coffee, hot, freshly brewed


Cream Filling

  • 2 cups                   Non fat cool whip

  • 6 each                   Oreos, reduced fat, crushed

  • 4 ounces              Fat free cream cheese


PREPARATION:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. 

  2. In a medium size bowl, sift all dry ingredients.

  3. In a separate mixing bowl (or stand mixer), add pureed cottage cheese and nonfat plain yogurt.

  4. To the cottage cheese and yogurt mix, alternate between adding the dry mix and the two eggs. 

  5. Add vanilla extract and hot coffee; mix well.

  6. Spray two 8-inch cake pans with non-stick pan spray. 

  7. Pour batter evenly into each cake pan.  Batter will be slightly runny.

  8. Bake in oven for about 30 to 35 minutes. 

  9. In a mixing bowl, whip fat free cream cheese until smooth.

  10. Fold in crushed Oreos and cool whip.

  11. Do not over mix, or the cool whip mixture will lose its volume.

  12. Allow cake to cool and then spread evenly between the two layers. 

  13. Enjoy!


Cake recipe is to serve:  12
Serving size:  1/12th
Calories:  230 with filling
Fat: 3.5


Oreo Cream Filling:

Number of Servings: 10-12
Serving Size: ¼ cup
Calories:  26
Fat: 1.5

 

2 comments:

  1. Woo hoo!!! Yeah!!! Thank you, Jen!! My family will L-O-V-E this!

    ... it'll "make up" for all of those whole grains they've been so adventurously trying! :0)

    This cake was truly wonderful. Thanks, again.

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  2. Thanks so much, Jen, for this recipe! It was a fabulous treat we experienced last Friday night! Yum! My family will enjoy this!

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