1.13.2009

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too?

OK, I know that cake is not the best option but it is nice to have a bit healthier recipe for birthday sor other special occasions. One of my favorite websites is http://www.everydayfoodstorage.net/. In a couple of recent posts, she has been exploring using bean puree as a substitute for oil in cookies, brownies and cake. I have been wanting to try it but have been skeptical about trying it.

I was taking dinner to a friend who just had a baby last night and needed a dessert to bring along. The night before I had cooked up a pot of white beans so that I could use them in a soup and a new mac n' cheese recipe. (I will post this later because it was delicious too.) I pureed the beans and substituted a half cup of bean puree for the half cup of oil that the recipe called for. I reserve a bit of batter and baked it alongside of the big cake so we could taste test it before we gave it away. Don't worry, I don't experiment blindly on friends.

Well, as for the taste...
It was wonderfully moist, chocolately and you couldn't tell the difference at all. Who would have thought this could be done. Well whoever came up with it is a genius. I fell just a little bit better about eating cake knowing that there isn't any oil in it. Try it!!!

I think that I might try it on a low sugar cake mix in the future. I really only plan on making cake for birthdays because there is no reason that we should have it laying around here. My little girl's birthday is right around the corner and I plan on using this substitution for her party cake.

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