Better for you Brownie Cake

This has always been one of our favorite recipes, and everyone who ever had it seemed to agree. But the original recipe called for 18 TABLESPOONS of margarine!  So we just didn't feel good about making it, since it was one of our favorites I kept working with it till I got it down to just 8 Tablespoons of margarine.  We don’t miss those 10 extra Tablespoons  at all  and didn’t sacrifice any of the chocolaty goodness!

 

Better for you Brownie Cake

 

In bowl combine:

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 tsp. baking soda

 

In small sauce pan combine until melted:

4 T. margarine

1/2 c. water

1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa powder

 

Add to flour mixture, stir and add:

2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk

1/4 cup fat-free plain yogurt

 

Pour onto lightly greased  15x10 jelly roll pan.

bake at 350* for 20 minutes or  till tests done.(toothpick inserted in center comes out clean)

while it bakes make the frosting:

 Frosting:

 

Melt together:

4 T margarine

1 T. unsweetened cocoa powder

3 T water

Remove from heat and stir in:

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup shredded coconut

Stir well, and  pour over warm cake.

 

Enjoy!

(We promise you won’t miss the 80 grams of fat and 700 calories we removed! )