Low-Fat Coffee Cake Recipes - Apple, Pecan, & Chocolate

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By Maddie Ruud



Simple Pecan Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 1 1/2 cups white flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 c sugar
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 3/4 cup skim milk

Topping:

  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • 2 Tbsp white flour
  • 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit, and spray an 8 x 8 inch baking pan with nonstick zero-calorie cooking spray. In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and sugar. Mix egg white, oil, and milk separately, then stir into dry ingredients, just until moistened. In separate bowl, mix topping ingredients. Spread half of batter mixture into sprayed baking pan, then sprinkle half the topping mixture. Spread remaining batter over topping layer, than sprinkle remaining topping. Bake 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.


Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 small lemon, zest of
  • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups white flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 cup plain fat-free yogurt
  • 2 cups diced apples

Topping:

  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1/4 cup white flour
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. allspice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and spray a tube (bundt) pan with nonstick zero-calorie cooking spray. In a large bowl or electric mixer, cream together butter, egg whites, lemon zest, lemon juice, and brown sugar. In separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture and yogurt alternately to sugar mixture, stirring well. Fold in diced apples and pour into tube pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over cake. Bake 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.


Chocolate Spice Coffee Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 cups white flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
  • 2 Tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp cloves
  • 2 cups fat-free buttermilk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray 9 x 13 inch baking pan with nonstick zero-calorie cooking spray and lightly flour. Cut butter into 1 ½ cups flour and ½ cup sugar until it reaches a crumb texture, and set aside 1 cup of this mixture for topping. Take remaining mixture and add remaining sugar, flour, and sour cream. Stir in cinnamon, cocoa, nutmeg, cloves, and salt. In separate bowl, combine buttermilk with baking soda and baking powder, then add to flour mixture. Fold in walnuts and pour into baking pan. Sprinkle reserved crumb topping over cake. Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

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coffeeconnoisseur  says:
5 months ago

Thanks so much for responding to my request for coffee cake recipes... and how wonderful that it's low fat as well!

Great hub here... I am a cardiac intensive care nurse, so I especially like the low fat recipes.

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monitor  says:
5 months ago

Did somebody say low fat. Yummy! Thanks so much Maddie.

Your Buddy  says:
5 months ago

Maddie always bring best recipies, coffee cake is irresistable, the good thing is low fat, Maddie we want more such low fat items.

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cgull8m  says:
5 months ago

Lovely recipes, I will bookmark it. Well done.

Anjelica  says:
4 months ago

These ALL sound so wonderful! And here's a tip for everyone, if you want to make your treat even healthier, replace all or some of the flour with whole wheat pastry flour.

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kia31  says:
4 months ago

This hub page is very good. Hope to learn by checking out some more. My first day as a hubber.

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Nancy B.  says:
4 months ago

I'm so glad I ran across this hub. All of these sound really yummy. Have to try the Chocolate Spice one. You can't go wrong with chocolate.

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