Low Calorie Cake with Almonds and Blueberries
This delicious and easy low calorie cake is under 200 calories per slice based on ten servings.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 3 egg medium
- 180 g Sukrin Gold or other granulated sweetener
- 200 g potato such as Maris Piper, finely grated
- 120 g almond flour or ground almonds
- 80 g all-purpose flour or rice flour, plain
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 200 g Blueberry tossed in 1 tbsp flour
- 4 tbsp almonds flaked
Glaze (optional)
- 3 tbsp apricot jam
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C (350F) and line a 20cm/8in cake pan (round or square) with baking paper.
- Peel and grate the potato really finely and then squeeze some of the moisture out. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs and sweetener together for 3-4 minutes at maximum speed until pale and double in volume.
- Stir in the grated potato until well combined.
- Add the almond flour, flour, baking powder, vanilla and salt and beat until incorporated.
- Fold in half the blueberries and pour the batter into the prepared tin.
- Dot the remaining blueberries over the top, pushing them gently halfway into the batter. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Lift the cake out of the tin and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Warm the jam and water in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir together. Carefully brush over the cake to glaze.
- Slice and enjoy! Keep any leftovers in an airtight container and consume within a day.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10 squares
Amount Per Serving
Calories 183
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 183kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 49mg | 16% |
| Sodium | 82mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 239mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 95IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 6mg | 7% |
| Calcium | 83mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.