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Elberts Birthday Cake Recipe


Elberts Birthday Cake Recipe
Have one of those Tiara dessert pans left over from the 80's? Use it to make this wonderful chocolate cake I make for my husband's birthday. It is diabetic-friendly, but you wouldn't know it know it when you taste it. Must be chilled after it is ma... More

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Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 3/4 c unbleached flour
  • 3/4 c oat flour (grind your own in the food processor using rolled oats)
  • 3/4 c light brown sugar
  • 1/4 c cocoa powder
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 1/8 t salt
  • 1-1/4 c water
  • 1-1/2 t distilled white vinegar
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 1/2 t coconut-flavored extract
  • filling:
  • 1 package (4-serving size) instant sugar-free butterscotch pudding mix, or vanilla if you prefer
  • 1-1/2 c skim milk
  • 1/3 c shredded sweetened coconut
  • 1/3 c chopped pecans

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
  2. Place the flours, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and stir with whisk until well blended.
  3. Place water, vinegar, and extracts in a small bowl and stir to mix well.
  4. Add water mixture to the flour mixture and stir with a whisk to mix well (note: batter will be thin.)
  5. Coat a 10-inch flan with non-stick cooking spray or use a non-stick "Tiara" dessert pan.
  6. Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 Degrees for 15 minutes or until toothpick or cake tester comes clean. Don't overbake!
  7. Cool cake to room temperature in the pan
  8. Invert cake onto serving platter (one that will fit in your fridge!)
  9. Filling:
  10. Combine pudding mix and milk in a small bowl by stirring with whisk for 2 minutes or until well mixed and thickened.
  11. Fold in coconut and pecans.
  12. Place filling in depression in cake and chill cake for several hours before serving and ENJOY!
  13. Calories: 177, Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 Fat recipe adapted from Diabetic Dream Desserts book

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Sounds delicious! I think I still have my pan, too.


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