Servings: 16 Slices
Calories: 229kcal
Here is a fat free pumpkin spice cake recipe to round out your holiday dessert table. This recipe requires no frosting (just a dusting of sugar will do) and it travels well, so take it to work parties, family dinners and holiday events.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon Fine Pink Salt
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups Confectioners Sugar -or- Swerve No Carb Sweetener
- 12 to 14 egg whites (1 2/3 cups)
- 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ 16- ounce can (1 cup) solid-pack pumpkin (not pumpkin-pie mix)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In medium bowl, with fork, mix flour, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar; set aside.
- In large bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form; beat in vanilla.
- Beating at high speed, sprinkle in 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating until sugar dissolves and whites stand in stiff peaks.
- Remove 1 cup beaten egg-white mixture to medium bowl; fold in pumpkin.
- With rubber spatula or wire whisk, fold flour mixture into beaten egg whites in large bowl just until flour disappears.
- Then, gently fold in pumpkin mixture. Do not over mix.
- Pour batter into ungreased 10-inch tube pan. Bake 35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
- Invert cake in pan on funnel or bottle; cool completely in pan. Loosen cake from pan; place on cake plate. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
We like adding orange-infused dried cranberries in this recipe (purchased from Trader Joe's). It adds just a wee bit of color, flavor, and sweet chewy bits. Tried this recipe?Mention or tag @SpaIndex so we can share!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Slice | Calories: 229 kcal (11%) | Carbohydrates: 49.8 g (17%) | Protein: 8 g (16%) | Fat: 0.5 g (1%) | Sodium: 86.2 mg (4%) | Fiber: 3 g (13%) | Sugar: 32 g (36%)