Healthy Lowfat Cream Cheese Cake Frosting Recipe Icing Options

sarita — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:20:20 +0000

The NYTimes published an interesting article on culinary students competing to reinvent the traditional birthday cake using “better for you” ingredients. The contest was sponsored by the American Cancer Society and had some delicious results that are lower in butter, sugar and oils than some traditional recipes. Even the frosting was uplifted with some tasty and somewhat healthier options.

The cream cheese icing by finalist Laura Sansone is as follows:

Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

2 pounds of low fat cream cheese
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1. Warm cream cheese to room temperature. Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended.

2. Add vanilla and orange zest. Frost cake as desired.

In addition to using low fat cream cheese, recipes also called for healthy-ish ingredients such as blueberry-pomegranate juice, applesauce, fresh fruit and dark chocolate.

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Healthy Lowfat Cream Cheese Cake Frosting Recipe Icing Options