On International Cake Day, we’ll tell you how to make the dish less caloric while preserving its taste as much as possible.
Many people are sure that a diet always implies giving up delicious desserts. This is not necessary at all. To reduce the calorie content, it is enough to replace some products and experiment with proportions.
Here are some simple solutions for making healthy desserts:
- Reduce the amount of sugar. You can reduce it to a minimum or use a sugar substitute, such as erythritol (melon sugar), stevioside, sucralose.
- Reduce the amount of oil, replacing some with soft cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir, fruit puree, bananas.
- Reduce the amount of eggs. You can use only whites or replace eggs with other products with similar properties. One of the main functions of eggs is to glue the dough together, to bind all the ingredients. Flax seeds (grind them in a coffee grinder, pour hot water over them and let them sit), chia seeds with water, oatmeal with water, cornstarch, ripe banana, tofu ground in a blender are suitable for this.
- Whipped cream and condensed milk in creams can be replaced with low-fat cottage cheese. For taste, we recommend adding vanilla.
- You can also experiment with different types of flour – instead of wheat, use almond, coconut, chickpea. It is worth noting that this will not help reduce the calorie content, but the amount of nutrients will increase. For example, almond flour is rich in B vitamins, vitamins E, H, PP, calcium, potassium, silicon, magnesium, phosphorus and other microelements. Coconut flour has twice as much fiber as wheat. Vegetable flour will really help reduce the calorie content; it is currently gaining popularity.
- Try to choose recipes with natural fruits and berries – this way you will provide your body with vitamins and strengthen your immune system.
Let us remind you of one more – the most important – rule: do not overdo it. The question of quantity is still relevant, even if we are talking about low-calorie desserts.