Healthy Valentine's Day Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients

For the cake

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour/atta
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/4 teaspoon soda bicarbonate
• 2-3 teaspoon hot water
• 1/4 cup butter

For the chocolate ganache

• 100 grams 80-90 pre cent chocolate
• ½ cup milk
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder

Method

For the cake

• Start with the oven. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/350F.
• Grease the cake pan and keep it ready.
• Mix the cocoa powder with the coffee and hot water.
• Next, mix the sugar, butter and eggs until the sugar dissolves. Then add vanilla essence to it.
• Sift the bicarbonate soda and salt with the flour twice.
• Now fold the sifted dry ingredients into the wet (eggs and cocoa powder mixture). Do not over mix.
• Put the batter in a loaf tin and bake at 180C for 15-20 minutes or when the knife inserted in it, comes out clean.

For the chocolate ganache

• Chop the chocolate bars into very small pieces. This will help it melt it fast.
• On low heat, boil the milk and mix cocoa powder in it.
• When the milk comes to a boil, add in the chopped chocolate and mix. Mix until it becomes smooth and no lumps remain.

Notes:

• Make sure that all the ingredients are at room temperature.
• For an eggless version, omit the eggs and use ¼ cup of yogurt/curd instead.
• The same recipe can be followed with all purpose flour as well.
• Double the ingredients if you want to make a larger cake.
• Milk, white or dark chocolate can be use to make the sauce. Even chocolate chips can be used.

Orange Delight cake Preparation

Ingredients

1-Orange

3 cups-Orange Juice

2 cups-Fresh Cream

3 tbsp-Gelatine

1 tin (400 gm)-Sweetened Condensed Milk

How to make

Soak gelatine in orange juice. Heat over a pan of hot water till gelatine dissolves. Cool and keep aside.

Whip cream till light and fluffy (Save 3- 4 tbsp cream for decorating), fold in Sweetened Condensed Milk. Mix in juice and gelatine mixture and pour into a wet mould and freeze.

Unmould and serve decorated with orange sections  and  whipped cream.

Mango Cheesecake

Ingredients

1 tin (400 gm)- Sweetened Condensed Milk

2 tbsp-Gelatine

1/2 cup (75 ml)-Water

400 gm-Mango chopped

200 gm-Paneer grated

1/4 tsp-Mango Essence

200 ml-Fresh Cream

How to make

Dissolve the gelatine in 1/2 cup water over a pan of hot water. Blend together the grated paneer, Sweetened Condensed Milk, dissolved gelatine and mango essence in a blender or food processor.  

Add mango pieces and blend for another minute, saving some pieces for decoration. Whip the cream well and gently fold into the paneer - MILKMAID mixture.

Pour into a wet mould*. Leave to set in the refrigerator, when set, unmould, cut into squares/ wedges, Decorate with mango pieces and serve.

Here’s Our Low-Calorie Mango Cheesecake Recipe

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Makes 6 pieces

Ingredients
For the biscuit base
• 3/4 cup crushed digestive biscuits
• 2 1/2 tbsp melted low fat butter

For the cream cheese mixture
• 1 cup low fat paneer
• 1 tbsp low calorie mango-flavoured drink mix
• 4 tbsp low fat milk
• 1/4 cup mango cubes

Method
For the biscuit base
• Combine the biscuits and butter in a bowl and mix well to form a crumbly mixture.
• Spread this mixture on the bottom of a 150 mm. (6") diameter loose-bottomed cake tin and press well to form an even layer.
• Refrigerate till set.

For the cream cheese mixture
• Blend the paneer in a blender till it is smooth and free of lumps, adding some milk if required. Keep aside.
• Combine the drink mix and remaining milk in another bowl and mix well.
• Add the blended paneer and mangoes to the above mixture and stir well.

How to proceed
• Pour the cream cheese mixture over the set biscuit base and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours till set.
• Cut into 6 equal pieces and serve chilled.

Healthy Cake: Fat-free, Sugar-Free, Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

• Buttermilk : 1 ½ cups
• Oats : 1 cup
• Banana : 1 
• Honey : ¼ cup
• Flour : 1 cup
• Baking Powder : 1 tsp
• Dalchini Powder : ½ tsp
• Raisins : ¼ cup
• Flour : 1 tsp

Method:

Put some buttermilk into a mixing bowl.

Add a cup of oats and soak it for 5 or 7 minutes, until the oats swell up.

Now slice a banana and add it to another bowl and then beat it.

Then add the honey and oats and blend all the ingredients.

Now add a cup of flour.

Add the baking powder and baking soda.

Then add the cardamom powder and raisins.

Now take the mixture from the first bowl and beat it again so that both the mixtures blend well and the dough is prepared.

Grease the baking tray and put the batter in the tray.

Dust the raisins with flour and spread them over the batter.

Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes.

Your fat free, sugar free cake is ready to eat.

Red Velvet Cup Cake with A Healthy Twist

Ingredients:

 1 cup egg white

 3/4 cup sugar

 1-cup red beets, no salt, pureed

 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

 1/2 cup ground almonds

 2-teaspoon baking powder

 2-teaspoon cocoa powder

 1/3 cup buttermilk

 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 175° C. Fill 24 muffin cups with cupcake liners.

2. Combine the egg whites and sugar in a bowl, then beat at medium speed with a hand mixer for 2 minutes. Add pureed beets and buttermilk, stir to combine. 

3. In a separate bowl, combine the baking powder, whole-wheat flour, ground almonds, salt, and cocoa powder. Add to wet ingredients and mix to combine. 

4. Divide the batter among the muffin cups and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, this takes 18 to 20 minutes.

5. Allow to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack. 

Calories in Cheesecake Versus Regular Cake

Cheesecake	Regular Cake
A 250gms baked cheesecake contains 804 calories from 436 amount of fat.	A 100gms of chocolate cake contains 358 calories
A 250gms of no bake cheesecake contains 684 calories from 285 amount of fat.	A 100gms of Black Forest cake contains 264 calories
Nutritional value of Cheesecake: Besides the fattening cream cheese, cheesecake is a good source of vitamin A, followed by selenium, riboflavin, phosphorous and calcium. It also contains small amount of iron.	Nutritional value of cake: Since regular cakes are largely made with maida and sugar, there are not many nutritional values attached to it. But cakes do contain small portions of protein, calcium, iron and carbohydrates.
Benefits of Cheesecake: Baked Cheesecake uses natural or healthy products like cream cheese, crackers and eggs with far less sugar than a regular cake. But if you compare baked cheesecake and no bake cheesecake, the later contains less fat, therefore lesser calories.	Benefits of Regular cake: Generally cake is a great comfort food to soothe anger, get you out of sadness and cake is a good mood booster. But there are interesting recipes that use healthy ingredients for the healthy conscious folks.
Healthy Version of Cheesecake: There are several recipes that use low-fat hard cheese like ricotta, curds, coconut cream, tofu or paneer to prepare cheesecake. You can also use pumpkin or sheep's milk yoghurt.	Healthy Version of cake: Carrot cake is extremely common, if you want to make a healthy cake. You can toss in some dried fruits, dates, nuts. Banana cake is also popular with the healthy conscious.