Cakes and Cupcakes
Low Calorie Cake with Almonds and Blueberries
Low Calorie Cake with Almonds and Blueberries! Made with sweetener and potato, this slimming fat free cake is under 200
- Serves 10 squares
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 30 minutes
- Total 40 minutes
Perfect if you want a treat on the Slimming World plan, with gluten free and Keto options!
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Slimming friendly cakes are a bit like unicorns… For a very long time I did not think they existed.
And those that did claim to be low fat and low in calories were usually loaded with chemicals and /or tasted vile. So I set out to make my own slimming friendly cake and I think I succeeded!
Delicious Low Calorie Cake
Well turns out you CAN have your low calorie cake and eat it too! This cake is not only sugarless it is also dairy-free and low fat – the butter being replaced by a rather unexpected ingredient. Can you guess what?
I won’t keep you in suspense… the butter is replaced by grated potato! And I know this sounds a little bizarre but it works great.
The cake is really light but moist thanks to the ground almonds. The level of sweetness provided by Sukrin Gold and the blueberries is just right and no one guessed it wasn’t made with sugar.
Apart from Sukrin, the best sweeteners to use in this recipe are Swerve Brown, Allulose (not available in the UK) and BochaSweet.
These sweeteners replace real sugar and have no aftertaste. The only downside is that they can be quite expensive.
Or, in fact, without butter. I can happily report that this is one truly delicious cake! You can make it with gluten free or rice flour if you have a gluten intolerance.
Replace the flour with oat fibre and the potato with swede (rutabaga) to make it Keto friendly!
Serve warm with low fat vanilla ice cream to turn this blueberry almond cake into dessert 🙂
Slimming World Syns
This cake is under 200 calories per slice (approx. 185 calories) and contains between 5-7 syns per slice from the ground almonds and flour.
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Recipe
Low Calorie Cake with Almonds and Blueberries
This delicious and easy low calorie cake is under 200 calories per slice based on ten servings.
- Serves 10 squares
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 30 minutes
- Total 40 minutes
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 3 medium eggs
- 1 cup (180g) Sukrin Gold (or other granulated sweetener)
- 1 ⅓ cups (200g) finely grated potato (such as Maris Piper)
- 1 ¼ cups (120g) almond flour (or ground almonds)
- ⅔ cup (80g) plain / all-purpose flour (or rice flour)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ⅓ cups (200g) blueberries (tossed in 1 tbsp flour)
- 4 tbsp flaked almonds
Glaze (optional)
- 3 tbsp apricot jam
- 1 tbsp water
Method
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and line a 8-inch (20cm) cake pan (round or square) with baking paper.
- 2
Peel and grate the potato really finely and then squeeze some of the moisture out. Set aside.
- 3
Beat the eggs and sweetener together for 3-4 minutes at maximum speed until pale and double in volume.
- 4
Stir in the grated potato until well combined.
- 5
Add the almond flour, flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt and beat until incorporated.
- 6
Fold in half the blueberries and pour the batter into the prepared tin.
- 7
Dot the remaining blueberries over the top, pushing them gently halfway into the batter. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
- 8
Bake for 30 minutes. Lift the cake out of the tin and transfer to a cooling rack.
- 9
Warm the jam and water in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir together. Carefully brush over the cake to glaze.
- 10
Slice and enjoy! Keep any leftovers in an airtight container and consume within a day.
Nutrition
- Calories183 kcal
- Carbohydrates20 g
- Protein6 g
- Fat9 g
- Saturated Fat1 g
- Trans Fat1 g
- Cholesterol49 mg
- Sodium82 mg
- Potassium239 mg
- Fiber3 g
- Sugar5 g
- Vitamin A95 IU
- Vitamin C6 mg
- Calcium83 mg
- Iron1 mg
