8 sugar-free and easy-to-prepare desserts; eat without guilt

The holidays are over and with so much food and sweets it’s always possible to go a little overboard. Now it’s time to catch up on your diet and we have a tip: sugar-free desserts can help you not miss sweets so much, you know?

To avoid cravings, we at Guia da Cozinha have separated 8 sugar-free desserts very tasty and will not disturb your eating routine. The list ranges from delicious cakes for breakfast or snacks, to mousses and a delicious strawberry cake.

Start the year off right by enjoying these sugar-free desserts. You won’t regret it!

1. Light carrot cake

This cake is very simple to prepare and is perfect for a coffee or an afternoon snack.

Ingredients:

• 2 medium carrots, chopped
• 1/2 cup (tea) light margarine
• 1 cup (tea) + 2 tablespoons skimmed milk
• 12 level spoons of powdered sweetener for oven and stove use
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 2 cups (tea) of wheat flour
• 1/2 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing and flouring

Preparation method:

1. Blend carrots, margarine, and 1 cup milk in a blender until smooth.
2. Add the sweetener, vanilla essence and egg yolks, beating until smooth and blended.
3. Pour into a bowl and add the flour, mixing with a spoon or a hand whisk until a smooth dough forms.
4. Add the beaten egg whites, the yeast and mix gently until you obtain a homogeneous mixture.
5. Pour the dough into a greased and floured 30cm x 22cm baking pan.
6. Bake in a preheated medium oven for 35 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned.
7. Remove from the oven and let it cool.
8. Place the chopped semi-sweet chocolate and remaining milk in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until melted.
9. Roll out, let cool and serve your fit carrot cake in pieces.

2. Dietary passion fruit cake

For those who love fruit cake, this recipe is a good choice.

Time: 1 hour

Performance: 8 servings

Difficulty: easy

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 1/2 cup butter (tea).
• 1 cup powdered oven and stovetop sweetener
• 1 cup passion fruit juice concentrate
• 2 cups (tea) of wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon of yeast
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing and flouring

Syrup

• Pulp of 1 passion fruit
• 1/2 cup (tea) water
• 3 tablespoons of powdered sweetener for oven and stove use

Preparation method:

1. Using a mixer, beat the egg whites and set aside.
2. In another bowl, beat the egg yolks, butter and sweetener until fluffy.
3. Without stopping whisking, alternate the juice with the flour, forming a homogeneous dough.
4. Add the yeast, the egg whites and mix gently with a spoon.
5. Place in a greased and floured 22cm diameter cake tin and bake in a preheated medium oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Leave to cool and unmold.
7. For the syrup, place the passion fruit pulp, water and sweetener in a pan over a medium heat and leave to boil for 3 minutes.
8. Leave to cool, drizzle over the cake and serve.

3. Black Forest diet cake

This more elaborate cake is ideal for serving at parties and get-togethers.

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 1 cup powdered sweetener for oven and stovetop use
• 4 tablespoons margarine
• 1 cup and 1/2 cup (tea) milk
• 6 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 3 cups (tea) of wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon of chemical yeast
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing
• Fresh cherries and dietary milk chocolate chips for decoration

Filling and covering

• 500 g of fresh frozen cream
• 5 tablespoons of powdered sweetener for oven and stove use
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 cup cherry diet jelly

Preparation method:

1. Using a mixer, beat the egg whites and set aside. Using a mixer, in another bowl, beat the egg yolks, sweetener and margarine until light.
2. Add the milk, cocoa, flour and beat to combine. Gently mix the egg whites and yeast with a spoon.
3. Place in a greased and floured 24cm diameter cake tin and bake in a preheated medium oven (180ºC) for 40 minutes.
4. Using a mixer, beat the cold cream and sweetener until it becomes whipped cream. Divide the whipped cream into three parts.
5. Add the cocoa to one of them and mix. Add the cherry jelly to the other part and leave the remaining whipped cream pure.
6. Unmold the cooled cake and cut it in half, horizontally.
7. Place part of the dough on a plate, spread the whipped cream mixed with gelatin and cover with the other dough.
8. Place the cocoa whipped cream in a piping bag with a medium nozzle and the pure whipped cream in another piping bag with the same nozzle.
9. Decorate the entire side of the cake, interspersing the flavours. Decorate the top with cherries and zest. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

4. Light gingerbread cake

This cake is balanced, as the sweet filling harmonizes with the dark chocolate of the covering.

Time: 1h (+1h in the fridge)

Performance: 8 servings

Difficulty: easy

Ingredients:

• 5 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 1/2 cup oven and stove type sweetener (tea).
• 1/2 cup (tea) brown sugar
• 1 cup light margarine
• 1/2 cup (tea) cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons of honey
• 1 tablespoon of instant coffee
• 1 cup (tea) skimmed milk
• 1 cup (tea) wheat flour
• 1 cup wholemeal flour (tea)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon clove powder
• 1 tablespoon of yeast
• Margarine and wheat flour for greasing

Filling

• 2 cups light, creamy dulce de leche
• 1 tablespoon chocolate liqueur

Coverage

• 300 g of chopped 70% cocoa chocolate.
• 1 cup (tea) light cream

Preparation method:

1. Using a mixer, beat the egg whites and set aside.
2. Still using the planetary mixer, in another bowl, beat the egg yolks, sweetener, sugar and margarine.
3. Add the cocoa, honey, instant coffee, milk, flour, cinnamon and cloves and beat until smooth.
4. Add the egg whites and yeast, mixing gently with a spoon.
5. Transfer to a greased and floured medium baking pan and bake in a preheated medium oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
6. Remove from the oven, let cool, remove from the mold and cut in half, lengthwise, to fill.
7. Book. Mix the dulce de leche with the liqueur and set aside.
8. For the covering, melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and add it to the cream.
9. On a cake plate, place one part of the cake, spread the dulce de leche filling and cover with the other part of the cake.
10. Cover the entire cake with chocolate syrup and refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.

5. Light cappuccino mousse

Coffee flavor lovers will fall in love with this dessert!

Ingredients:

• 2 boxes of light vanilla flavored pudding powder (30 g)
• 750ml + 4 tablespoons of skimmed milk
• 3 teaspoons of instant coffee
• 1 tablespoon light chocolate powder
• 1 sachet of unflavored gelatin powder
• 2 egg whites, beaten
• Coffee beans to decorate

Preparation method:

1. In a pan, over medium heat, cook the pudding with 750ml of milk, stirring constantly, until it boils.
2. Remove from the heat, add the coffee and milk chocolate.
3. Let it cool. Hydrate the gelatine in the remaining milk and let it rest for 3 minutes.
4. Cook over low heat in a bain-marie until completely melted.
5. Blend the pudding in a blender and transfer it to a bowl.
6. Mix the egg whites and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
7. Decorate with coffee beans and serve.

6. Light grape mousse

This mousse is very practical and the best thing: it is low in calories!

Ingredients:

• 1 box of dietary or light grape-flavored gelatin powder
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 2 glasses of low-fat yogurt (400 g)
• 2 egg whites, beaten

Syrup

• 1/2 cup (tea) concentrated grape juice
• 3 tablespoons of fructose powder

Preparation method

1. Dissolve the gelatine in boiling water and let it cool.
2. Transfer to blender and blend with yogurt.
3. Remove from the oven and, in a bowl, mix gently with the egg whites.
4. Transfer to individual bowls and refrigerate for 2 hours.
5. For the syrup, heat all ingredients over medium heat, stirring for 3 minutes.
6. Leave to cool, pour over the mousse and serve.

7. Diet milk pudding

One of the most classic desserts has a special version for lovers of healthy eating.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup and 1/2 cup (tea) milk powder
• 1 1/2 cups hot water
• 1 cup powdered oven and stovetop sweetener
• 1 cup milk (tea)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 4 eggs

Syrup

• 4 tablespoons of fructose

Preparation method:

1. Sprinkle the fructose into a mold with holes in the center of 20 cm in diameter and place it directly on the stove, over a low heat.
2. Let it melt and form a golden syrup. Book.
3. In a blender, beat the milk powder, water and sweetener until completely dissolved.
4. Add milk, essence, eggs and beat until smooth.
5. Pour the syrup over the mold and place in a medium preheated oven in a bain-marie for 1 hour or until it solidifies.
6. Remove from the oven, let cool and place in the refrigerator for 4 hours.
7. Unmold and serve.

8. Light strawberry cake

Ingredients:

• 1/2 teaspoon of yeast
• 1 cup and 1/2 cup (tea) wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons light margarine
• 1/2 can light cream
• 1 pinch of salt
• 300 g strawberries cut in half for decoration

Filling

• 2 cans light condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon light margarine
• 6 tablespoons of lemon juice

Preparation method:

1. Place the yeast and flour in a bowl.
2. Mix the margarine, cream and salt until the dough no longer sticks to your hands and let it rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
3. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and line the bottom and edges of a 22cm diameter springform pan.
4. Prick the dough with a fork and bake in a preheated medium oven for 15 minutes or until cooked through and golden.
5. For the filling, in a pan, cook the condensed milk with the margarine until it thickens.
6. Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice.
7. Pour over the cooked dough and refrigerate for 2 hours.
8. Decorate with strawberries cut in half, turn out and serve.

Source: Terra

Ben

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