Diabetic Recipes
Mango Key Lime Pound Cake
Yield: 8 servings
40% calorie reduction from traditional recipe
Ingredients
Key Lime Cream
- 1 (8 ounce) package reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups frozen light whipped topping, thawed
- 1/2 cup Equal Spoonful*
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lime peel
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pound Cake
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) package frozen reduced fat or fat free pound cake, thawed
- 1 large ripe mango, peeled, thinly sliced
Instructions
Key Lime Cream
- Beat cream cheese until smooth. Gradually beat in whipped topping, Equal, lime juice and peel and vanilla extract until well blended; set aside.
Pound Cake
- Cut pound cake horizontally into 3 slices. Place bottom layer of cake on serving plate. Spread with 1/4 cup of the cream mixture. Top with 1/3 of the sliced mango, and another 1/4 cup of the cream mixture.
- Repeat layers twice.
- Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours before serving.
Notes
* May substitute 12 packets Equal sweetener
Nutrition
Per serving: 218 cal., 5 g pro., 33 g carb., 7 g fat, 16 mg chol., 214 mg sodium
Exchanges: 1 1/2 starch, 1/2 fruit, 1 1/2 fat
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Equal Sweetener