Light Chocolate Fudge Cake

Ingredients

On the table: 1 hour
Serves: 8

85g dark chocolate, finely grated

1/2 cup baking cocoa, sifted

1/2 cup CSR Smart White Sugar Blend

1/2 cup boiling water

2 egg yolks

1/4 cup almond meal

1/3 cup plain flour, sifted

4 egg whites

Method

Preheat oven to 190ºC conventional or 170º C fan forced. Grease the sides of a 20 cm round cake pan, and line the sides with baking paper.
Combine chocolate, cocoa, CSR Smart & water in a large bowl; stir until well combined. Add egg yolks, almond meal and flour.
Beat egg whites in a small bowl with electric mixer until they form firm peaks. Gently fold egg whites through chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes. Stand in pan 10 minutes. Turn onto wire rack. Enjoy with sliced oranges.

Comments

For a delicious topping - sprinkle top with pine nuts.

Traditional chocolate mud cake contains up to 250g butter and 250g chocolate - this is a much lighter alternative.

To create a Gluten free chocolate cake - substitute plain flour with Wheat Free plain flour.

NUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS*
(July 2005)

Per serve (75g)
825kJ (195 cal)
7g fat
26g carbs
20g sugars
5g protein

*Nutritional analysis of recipes calculated using FoodWorks ™ Professional Version 4.

Smart

CSR Smart - a blend of natural cane sugar with a pinch of stevia

CSR Smart is a natural alternative to traditional sweeteners. It is a unique blend of natural sugar cane with a pinch of Stevia, which is a high intensity natural sweetener extracted from the leaves of the Stevia Rebaudiana plant.

CSR Smart is part of the CSR better for you range. It is twice as sweet as regular sugar, so you use half as much, so half the calories, this makes CSR Smart the smarter, better for you option.

CSR Smart is available as both a white sugar blend, and fine raw sugar blend. Ideal for all your sweetening needs.