In Which I Bake Easter Eggs
21 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
The BFF and I took a trip to the outlet mall a few weeks ago, on quite possibly the coldest and windiest day of the month as a side note haha. One of my scores on that day (besides a vintage-style Valentine’s wreath for $4) was a new Nordic Ware pan. Heavy-duty, awesome, and shaped like Easter Eggs! Total win! I justified my purchase by telling myself that as long as I got use out of the pan, it was worth it.
Since I’m trying to be a good girl and watch my Points Plus, I decided to challenge myself to see if I could make them more WW-friendly. I had always heard that one could alter a basic cake mix and make it “healthier” by substituting applesauce for oil and egg whites for whole eggs, so I decided to give it the old college try. They were awesome! The cakelets worked out to be 4 Points Plus un-glazed, and 6 Points Plus glazed, so they’re a great treat. I mixed up a batch (or 3) for a party we went to on Saturday. It was a day-long beer pong tournament – I was eliminated quickly haha, but Joe and his brother made it through a few games in the loser’s bracket. All in all, a good day.
Here’s my basic Low-Fat Cake recipe:
- 1 box of any flavor cake mix (be sure NOT to get a butter flavor – I kinda doubt applesauce could go in place of a whole stick of butter haha)
- Natural applesauce (use the amount that the mix calls for in oil)
- Egg Whites (however many eggs the mix calls for, use whites instead)
- 1 Tablespoon of flour
Mix it all together according to instructions, place it in your greased pan, and away you go! Follow your mix instructions for time. Since I was using a specialty pan, I just guessed 30 minutes, and watched it carefully for the first batch or two. I only have one Easter Egg pan, so I had to flip the cakelets out onto a rack, and then run the pan under cold water to wash it out and cool it down so I could start the next batch of cakelets. It worked out well, even if Joe and I ended up staying up until almost 2 am to finish them for the party.
Easter Eggs!
I just used a basic powdered-sugar glaze (2 cups of powdered sugar with 3 tablespoons of water mixed together). I made a batch and a half of that to cover my 3 mixes’ worth of cakelets. The icing was great, even if Joe does think the cakelets look like footballs haha!
