Chocolate flourless cake

Yield: 12 Servings

Measure Ingredient
6 tablespoons Margarine 10 3/4 teaspoons Equal® Measure™ or 36 packets Equal® sweetener or 1 1/2 cups Equal® Spoonful
4 ounces Unsweetened chocolate
⅓ cup Skim milk
⅓ cup Apricot preserves with NutraSweet® brand sweetener or apricot spreadable fruit
3 \N Egg whites
⅛ teaspoon Cream of tartar
¼ cup All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons Instant espresso coffee crystals
⅛ teaspoon Salt
1 \N Egg yolk
\N \N Rich Chocolate Glaze (optional; recipe follows)
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Garnish with light whipped topping, chocolate drizzle and/or raspberries, if desired Heat margarine, chocolate, milk, apricot preserves, and espresso crystals in small saucepan whisking frequently, until chocolate is almost melted. Remove pan from heat; continue whisking until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth Whisk in egg yolk and vanilla; add Equal®, whisking until smooth. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar to stiff peaks in large bowl. Fold chocolate mixture in egg whites; fold in combined flour and salt.Lightly grease bottom of 9-inch round cake pan and line with parchment or baking paper.Pour cake batter into pan. Bake in preheated 350ø F oven until cake is just firm when lightlytouched, 18 to 20 minutes and toothpick comes out clean (do not overbake). Carefullyloosen side of cake from pan with small sharp knife, which will keep cake from cracking as it cools.

Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack; refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours.

Remove cake from pan and place on serving plate. Spread with Rich Chocolate Glaze, if desired. Nutrition information per serving: 139 ca l., 3 g pro., 11 g carbo., 11 g fat, 18 mg chol., 108 mg sodium Food Exchanges: ½ bread, 2 fat51% calorie reduction from traditional recipe.

Recipe by: Equal Website

Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by "dogsmom@..." <dogsmom@...> on Aug 28, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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