Thank you Carol! Carol says, "I came up
with this recipe today converting it
from a high sugar, high fat recipe. It turned out great and the only sugar
in it is
in the cherries. It makes a nice cake for the holidays."
Makes 16 servings
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup Splenda
1 tablespoon baking powder -- + 1 tsp salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 large egg -- beaten
1 1/4 cups Healthy Exchanges Eggnog -- recipe below & under Beverages
- Eggnog
1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts
1/2 cup maraschino cherries -- chopped
Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray 1 loaf pan {9"}
or could be baked in a bundt pan for
a fancier slice. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder,
salt and Splenda. In a smaller bowl, beat together the egg, eggnog, vanilla
and oil;
stir into dry ingredients, mixing well. Fold in the chopped nuts and cherries.
Spoon
batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick
inserted near center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack; remove
from
pan and continue cooling on rack.
SERVING SIZE:
1 slice (Hint: slice 8 thick slices and then cut those in half to
get a nice sized piece instead of a thin slice.)
POINTS w/macadamia
nuts: 3.5
POINTS w/pecans:
3.5
PER SERVING:
With macadamia nuts - 146.5 calories, 6 g fat, 0.2 g fiber, 20.2 g carbs,
3.1 g protein, 244 mg sodium
With pecans - 149 calories, 6.2 g fat, 0.2 g
fiber, 20.3 g carbs,
3.1 g protein, 244 mg sodium
Eggnog
From JoAnna Lund's "Healthy Exchanges"
Cookbook - ""Eggnog MUST be served
at all holiday functions. Isn't that the law of the land? Well here's my version--
prepared without eggs, sugar, fat, or liquor & it still tastes exactly
like traditional
eggnog." JoAnna Lund
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients
4 cups skim milk
1 package Jell-O sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix -- (4 serving size)
1/2 teaspoon rum extract
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
In a large pitcher, combine skim milk, dry pudding
mix, rum extract, and nutmeg.
Mix well using a long spoon. Refrigerate 5 minutes. Gently stir again. Serve
at once.
SERVING SIZE: 1 cup
POINTS: 2.5
PER SERVING: 104 calories, 0 g fat, 8 g protein, 18 g carbs, 446 mg sodium, 0 g fiber
HEALTHY EXCHANGES:
1 Skim Milk, 1/4 Slider, 5 Optional Calories