Healthy Cakes Can Be Made

If I were to tell you that you could make cake healthier, you would probably either not believe me or tell me that this would ruin your dessert.

We think of cake as something that is luscious and decadent, but not necessarily healthy. Generally we try to eat cake in moderation to make up for the fact that it isn’t that good for us. We think it’s worth it anyhow, because it is just so good.

The idea of turning this healthy sounds not only unappetizing, but disappointing as well. Why would you take something decadent and scrumptious and make it healthy and less appealing? Don’t we already have enough healthy foods?

In fact, if you ask your average eight-year-old if they want a nice healthy cake for their birthday, they’re going to be disappointed. A healthy cake sounds like it wouldn’t even be cake any more. It sounds more akin to zucchini bread, or sweet potato muffins. Sorta-dessert, but mostly a health snack.

Since healthy food and cake don’t go together very well, let’s revision our efforts as baking a healthier cake. If we try to make a cake that is less unhealthy, it doesn’t make it sound like we’ll be replacing the chocolate with tofu.

Most cakes are actually two recipes, combined. First there is the cake, consisting largely of butter, flour, sugar and eggs. The second component is the frosting, generally made from sugar and butter.

How can we tweak each of these two items to make them healthier, but without affecting flavor? It can be done. Health food restaurants and vegan restaurants do offer desserts – and often these desserts are tasty enough that if you did a blind taste test, you would not be able to identify the ‘healthy’ one from a field of less-healthy competitors!

Take one ingredient that is less healthy, and substitute a healthier alternative. There is no need to change the whole recipe. Start small, one component at a time. You can do this with your favorite cake recipe, there is no need to get a special recipe for ‘healthy cake.’

Whenever you are experimenting though you’ll want to try out your new version before serving it to guests. Cake recipes can be fussy things. Try it at home with just your family, to make sure that your latest substitution experiment doesn’t ruin a cake for an important occasion.

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