Sunday, February 17, 2013

{Recipe} Chocolate Peanut Butter Angel Food Cake

Angel food cake is one of our go-to desserts when we're trying to be somewhat healthy - light & fluffy & fat free - what could be better than that? ...Chocolate, duh. And peanut butter. I was all set to make a pink angel food cake for Valentine's Day, then Bryan suggested making it chocolatey. Which then led me to realize we should make it peanut buttery too. The result was a chocolate peanut butter angel food cake that is still {almost} fat-free.



I hesitate to call this a recipe since I made it with the help of my good friend Betty Crocker, but I guess you could file it under the 'half-homemade' category.

I prepared a boxed angel food cake mix as directed on the package. Then I added about 2 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa and 2 tbsp of PB2 (do you use PB2? We love that stuff!) to the batter. After baking the cake, I made a glaze with a mix of powdered sugar and water and drizzled that over the top.

We enjoyed how it turned out. I wondered if the unsweetened cocoa would be too bitter, but the flavor was nice. And with only 2.5 g of fat in the entire cake, it's still almost fat free for a serving (or two). Sure, it's not exactly health food, but I'd definitely consider this a reduced guilt dessert!









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11 comments:

  1. Elizabeth EdwardsFebruary 17, 2013 at 9:23 AM

    looks delicious. ( :

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  3. UnknownFebruary 18, 2013 at 10:15 PM

    When I was growing up, my mom always made angel food cake with a peanut butter frosting. It was really good if eaten right away, but the frosting sort of destroyed the delicate cake after a few hours. This seems like a great way to get the peanut butter flavor to last... and the low-fat thing certainly helps this gal on Weight Watchers!

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    1. JessFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM

      Oh yum, peanut butter frosting sounds delicious, even if it doesn't last long!

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  5. Misfit LibrarianFebruary 19, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    Sounds super yummy.

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