Low Fat Chocolate Mocha Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 8 tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 egg whites
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup evaporated skim milk
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 spray a 9" tube pan with nonstick spray and dust with flour.
• 3 in a large bowl, mix the cocoa, coffee and boiling water; add the margarine and stir until melted.
• 4 stir in the sugar, honey, egg yolk, and vanilla until blended.
• 5 in another bowl, combine the cornstarch with 1/4 cup yogurt, then stir in the rest of the yogurt.
• 6 add to chocolate-honey mixture.
• 7 sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder and add to the wet mixture.
• 8 stir well.
• 9 with an electric mixer, beat the egg whites until frothy.
• 10 add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until stiff.
• 11 fold the egg whites gently into the batter.
• 12 pour the batter into the pan.
• 13 bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 14 cool for 30 minutes on a rack.
• 15 unmold and cool to room temperature.
• 16 combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl.
• 17 mix thoroughly and let stand 5 minutes.
• 18 spread the glaze over the top of th cake.