Skinni Pineapple Delight

Skinni Pineapple Angel Food Cake

My Aunt Martha taught me this little trick with angel food cake mix when I was younger. I just decided to make it my own, by making my own angel food cake. This is a great base for all sorts of tasty summer fruits! You will be amazed at how moist the cake turns out by just adding the pineapple!

Ingredients

1.       1 cup of sifted cup of Cake Flour- I will sift the flour before I measure.

2.       1  cup of Splenda

3.       ½ teaspoon salt

4.       10 egg whites

·         Make sure to use actual egg whites and not egg whites from the box.

·         When separating your egg whites, add the egg to the mixing bowl after each separating each egg.

·         This will ensure that if you have a bad egg it will not ruin the entire batch.

·         Always have a couple extra eggs on hand, there is almost always a mess up!

5.       1 teaspoon of vanilla

6.       1 teaspoon of cream of tartar

7.       1-8 ounce can of Crushed Pineapple (in its own juice)-small can

Directions

1.       Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.

2.       Sift the dry ingredients together (cake flour, splenda, salt, and cream of tartar).

3.       In another bowl, beat the egg whites and vanilla with a mixer on high until peaks form.

4.       Fold in the mixed dry ingredients with the egg whites. Do this gently with a silicone spatula until the cake batter is mixed together.

5.       Add the can of crushed pineapple.

6.       Pour the cake batter into an un-greased 9x13 pan. I cook in a glass pan, not sure if it makes a difference of not. Also I line mine with parchment, to help in the removal process.

7.       Bake for 30 minutes.

8.       Allow to cool in the pan. Run a knife around the edges before removing the cake from the pan and placing it on a plate. Slice into 16 pieces.

9.       Enjoy your slice of pineapple angel food cake, and don’t forget the toppings!

*At 50 calories per slice, this is a great base for a tropical desert!

* I loaded mine up with cool whip and some other fresh summer fruit.

Here are some great options:

-Fat Free Cool Whip-2 tablespoons (15 calories)

-Fat Free Reddi Wip-2 tablespoons (5 calories)

-1/2 cup of Fresh Strawberries (25 calories)

-1/4 cup of Fresh Blueberries (20 calories)

-1/4 cup of Fresh Pineapple (20 calories)

See the Preparation Steps Below!

Whip the Angel Food Cake before adding the can of Crushed Pineapple.

Look at how fluffy the Kitchen Aid Mixer makes the cake mix. If you can't tell, I absolutely LOVE my mixer!

To get the Parchment paper the correct size, turn the pan over, so that you can cut the paper the size of the bottom of the pan.

Lay the parchment paper in the bottom of the pan.

Poor the fluffy Angel Food Mix into the pan.

Look at that yummy pineapple mixed in!

Allow the cake to cool.

Flip the cake over onto a cutting board.

Cut the cake into 16 slices. Use a sharp knife, it gets kind of sticky.

Add all of your favorite toppings!