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You won’t believe that this moist tasty cake has almost no fat! Crushed pineapple and whole wheat pastry flour contribute fiber to this healthy dessert. And it’s versatile too; you’ll also like it as a breakfast bread or as a snack to satisfy your sweet tooth.
1 20oz. can crushed pineapple (in natural juice)
11/2 cups sugar
3 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
2 teaspoons soda
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Mix first four ingredients together. Mix flour and soda together and add to rest of mixture. Stir until completely mixed. Put in an ungreased 9" X 13" pan. Cook at 350°
for 35 minutes. Cool. Sprinkle or sift 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar over top. Cut into 18 servings.
Nutrient Analysis per serving (based on 18 servings per recipe)
Calories: 135
Protein: 2.5g
Carbohydrate: 32g
Fat 0.5g
Saturated fat 0
Cholesterol 0
Fiber 2g
For a little variation:
Add 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup raisins. The nutrient analysis of the recipe would change in the following ways with the added ingredient(s).
| Adding 1 cup of walnuts | Adding 1/2 cup of raisins | Adding both |
| Calories: | 180 | 150 | 195 |
| Protein: | 3.5g | 2.5g | 3.5g |
| Carbohydrate: | 33g | 36g | 37g |
| Fat | 4.0g | 0 | 4.0g |
| Saturated fat | 0.4g | 0 | 0.4g |
| Cholesterol | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiber | 2.3g | 2.2g | 2.5g |
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