Louis' Boston Cream Cake

Recipe Ingredients

5		Eggs
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
3		Sugar substitute - see * Note
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Flour
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cornstarch
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
2 cups	474ml	Skim milk
1		Sugar-free vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cocoa powder

Recipe Instructions

* Note: Sweet'N Low or other heat-stable sugar substitute.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease and line two 8-inch round cake pans with parchment paper or waxed paper.

Beat eggs with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Sprinkle sugar, sugar substitute, and vanilla over eggs; continue beating for 2 minutes.

Sift flour, cornstarch, and baking powder together; sprinkle half the mixture over batter. Fold in with rubber spatula. Repeat with remaining flour mixture. Use a rubber spatula to spread batter evenly in pans.

Bake on center rack of oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until cake is golden and springs back when lightly touched. Invert cake onto wire rack and cool for 5 minutes; remove pan. Set aside to cool.

Blend milk with instant pudding mix in mixing bowl using electric mixer. Continue mixing at low speed for 1 minute or until pudding mix is dissolved. Set pudding aside for 10 minutes or until set.

To assemble: Arrange a single cake layer on serving dish. Spread two-thirds of firm pudding evenly over bottom cake layer. Place remaining cake layer evenly on top.

Stir cinnamon and cocoa into remaining pudding. Spread over top of cake as chocolate frosting. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Cut with serrated knife.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 2 Starch, 1 Fat.

Nutrition Facts: Carbohydrates 28g; Protein 7g; Fat 4g; Calories 176; Fiber 0.3g; Sodium 165mg; Cholesterol 172mg.

Source:
The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbott Hess

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