Yummy Healthy Yogurt Cake

l white cake mix
l weight watchers yogurt, any flavor
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup water
3 egg whites

Mix following the directions on the back of the box.
Bake 350 degrees 25-30 minutes

Frosting

1 weight watcher's yogurt
1 8oz. tub fat free Cool Whip
Keep refrigerated
optional - top with berries

This cake is super delish and I've tried with fiber one yogurt, and light and fit as well, it just needs to be a 6 oz container. The last time I made it I used strawberry light and fit and I think it was my fav so far.

Yummy Easy Cake!

Today is my daughters tenth birthday and we talked about all of the different types of cakes we could make our favorite chocolate zucchini cake, PW's Red Velvet cake, PW's Chocolate sheet cake, my husband's favorite mellow cake, applesauce cake, salted caramel chocolate cupcakes, yes the options are endless and well its cake, you just can't go wrong no matter what you choose!

Since its her 10th birthday I will admit I was tempted to make a different cake for breakfast, lunch, dinner and well dessert! One its a day to celebrate, two you only turn double digits once, and three I am too young to have a child in the double digits!!!

Well, sadly I restrained myself, my waistline and my husbands rage and settled for a yummy Easy Cake that we had not made in quite a while (we are talking years) but one we all really enjoy.

The recipe was originally given to me by my friend Alisha and was called Heath bar cake, but we make it with all different kinds of candy bars. Today we are making one with twix and one with snickers, one for our house and one for achievement day.

So with out further ado here is the moistest chocolate cake ever!

Heath Bar Cake:

Cake:

3 oz instant chocolate pudding mix
1 yellow cake mix
2 C. warm water
2 eggs

Frosting:
1/4 C. margarine, melted
1 C. powdered sugar
2 egg yolks
8 oz. cool whip
4 heath bars, crushed ( you can chop up a different kind of candy bar, but you may need more than 4)

Cake directions: Blend together pudding, cake mix, water and eggs. Pour into cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes and passes toothpick test. Let cake cool.

Frosting directions: Mix together margarine, powdered sugar, and egg yolks. Fold in cool whip and frost cooled cake. Sprinkle with crushed candy bar. The cake will need to be refrigerated once frosted due to the cool whip and egg yolk.

Enjoy!

And by request...Chocolate Zucchini Cake

My friend Sara gave me this recipe years ago and it quickly became a FAVORITE. It was Ava's first birthday cake and it has been Katrena's requested birthday cake for the last 3 years.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE
serves:12


1 C. vegetable oil (I use canola oil)
2 C. sugar
3 eggs
2 1/2 C. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 C. milk (I use 1 %)
3 (1 oz) squares unsweetened baking chocolate
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 C. grated zucchini


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease a 9x13 baking pan.

In a large bowl combine oil, sugar and eggs.

In a separate bowl sift dry ingredients and add to first mixture.

Add milk and mix well.

Melt baking chocolate in the microwave for 20 seconds intervals until just melted.

Blend chocolate and vanilla into batter.

Stir in zucchini.

Pour into pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.

Cool and frost.

weight watchers points: 11 per serving (points are based on canola oil and 1% milk)



Now this recipe tastes great with Chocolate Butter Frosting, but it makes so much and I hate to see it go to waste and we like just a thin layer of frosting so I usually just by chocolate butter frosting. But if you want to make the frosting here is that recipe too.

CHOCOLATE BUTTER FROSTING:
1/2 C. butter (I use blue bonnet stick butter)
1/3 C. milk (I use 1%)
2 (1 oz) squares unsweetened baking chocolate
3 1/2 C. powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

In a medium saucepan bring butter and milk to a boil.

Remove from heat.

Add melted chocolate, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Beat until smooth and slightly thick.

weight watchers points if you decided to eat the whole thing of sweet delicious frosting is: 61 points. So you can divide by number of servings and how much you put on your cake as you please. And points are again based on the butter and milk that I use.

Applesauce cake

This recipe is for a cake I have made multiple times. I like that it doesn't have any egg in it and that it is flavorful enough that you don't need any icing. Its not as healthy as it looks though, if you cut this cake into 12 servings (without the nut and raisins) its 10 weight watchers points, but baby sometimes its just plain worth it!!!

Applesauce Cake:

2 C. brown sugar
2 C. applesauce
1 C. oil (I use canola)
3 C. flour (to make it a little healthier I do half wheat, half all-purpose)
2 tsp. baking soda
1 C. nuts (optional, I usually use walnuts)
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
4 tsp. cinnamon
1 C. raisins (optional)

Mix all the ingredients together, and pour in greased 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.