Dietary PP cakes without sugar and flour: desserts

A healthy lifestyle and low-calorie diet do not exclude cakes and desserts from the daily diet if they are baked without the use of artificial fats, sugar and flour. PP cakes prepared independently are not inferior in taste to store-bought ones, but they can be eaten even while losing weight.

Diet cakes are a healthy alternative to sweet desserts.

Diet cake recipes include ingredients from a delicious and healthy range of foods.

What does PP cake mean?

PP cake is a culinary dish that does not contain dyes, flavoring additives, refined sugar, margarine and gluten. The meaning of the abbreviation “PP” stands for “proper nutrition”.

This means that when making a delicacy, sugar is replaced with honey, wheat flour is replaced with oatmeal, rice or flakes from these cereals. Low-fat sour cream, yogurt or matsoni are used as a cream, and for a protein PP cake, an egg thickener based on gelatin is used as a base. The recipes also contain fruits, berries and nuts.

Carrot cake with delicate cream

One of the lowest calorie desserts is carrot PP cake. The energy value of the prepared delicacy is only 115 kcal per 100 g of weight.

For 6 servings you will need:

carrots – 0.5 kg;
homemade yogurt or matsoni – 150 ml;
honey - 3 tbsp. l.;
oatmeal – 350 g;
eggs – 2 pcs.;
baking powder for dough – 1 tsp;
cinnamon, vanilla or zest - to taste.

Carrot cake is one of the most common dishes.
The algorithm for making a cake is as follows:

Grate the carrots or mince them and mix with flour. Add cinnamon or zest.
Beat eggs with 2 tbsp. l. honey in a mixer for 3 minutes. Mix with carrot dough. Add baking powder.
Divide the workpiece into parts and bake the cake layers in the oven. But you can cook it in a slow cooker in a single layer and then cut it into pieces.
Beat yogurt with 1 tbsp. l. honey, add vanilla or cocoa.
Grease the finished cakes with dietary cream and leave in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Cooking time in the oven is 30 minutes at 180°C. Leave in the multicooker in the “Baking” mode for 50 minutes.

Custard sour cream

PP cream for sour cream cake is one of the most popular dish options for decorating a sponge cake. When preparing sour cream, it is important to use products with minimal fat content.

Composition of ingredients

To prepare sour cream custard you will need the following products:

200 g low-fat sour cream;
4 tbsp. granulated sugar;
2 tbsp. corn starch;
1 tsp vanilla sugar;
1 chicken egg;
100 grams of butter.

Corn starch can be replaced with potato starch during the cooking process. The finished dish contains about 300 kcal per 100 grams of the finished dish.

Step-by-step cooking process

Making custard sour cream is quite simple:

First you need to prepare all the ingredients on the work surface.
The butter must first be kept for several hours at room temperature (until softened).
During the cooking process, you will need a non-stick pan.
Pour sour cream into the prepared container, add granulated sugar, starch and a chicken egg.
All ingredients must be mixed well using a mixer. The resulting consistency should not form lumps.
The working container must be placed on fire. Stir the resulting mass over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
When the sour cream begins to thicken, it is necessary to actively stir the resulting cream with a whisk or mixer so that lumps do not form during the heat treatment.
Sour cream does not need to be boiled. When the first bubbles appear, turn off the heat and remove the pan from the heat.
Vanillin must be added to the finished homogeneous mass. The mixture must be mixed well.
The cream from the sides of the pan must be carefully collected. Cover the sour cream with cling film so that the film touches the surface of the product.
The pan must be left for several hours to cool the cream to room temperature.
In a separate bowl, beat the softened butter to form a fluffy mass.
Add 15 grams of butter to the cooled sour cream, thoroughly whisking the products using a mixer.

During the cooking process, about 400 grams of the finished dish is obtained.

How to serve a dish

Cooking sour cream turns out to be quite thick and dense. You can serve the finished dish on the table by decorating the top with grated nuts, chopped dried fruits, or chocolate chips. If desired, the cream can be used as a decoration for cakes and pastries, and you can also coat the cakes with the product.

Lenten cake “Churchkhela”

Among those who adhere to the principles of proper nutrition, the no-bake “Churchkhela” cake is popular.

This delicious dessert contains no animal fats, eggs, simple carbohydrates or dairy products. It is easy to prepare at home. The basis for the cream is grape juice, and the cakes are made from flour and walnuts.

To prepare a diet cake you will need:

rice or oat flour – 200 g;
cocoa – 40 g;
honey – 5 tbsp. l.;
vanillin – 0.5 tsp;
salt – 0.5 tsp;
baking powder – 1 tsp;
lemon juice – 1 tbsp. l.;
olive oil – 80 ml;
natural grape juice – 150 ml;
chopped walnuts – 200 g;
semolina – 3 tbsp. l.

Lenten cake “Churchkhela” is a hearty dish that gives an influx of energy for a long time.
This dish is prepared like this:

In one container mix flour, cocoa, salt, vanillin and baking powder.
Honey, lemon juice and vegetable oil are diluted in 200 ml of water.
The liquid is added to the dry mixture and mixed. The consistency of the dough should be semi-liquid, without lumps.
The cake is baked in a mold, the inside of which is covered with parchment paper, for 45 minutes at a temperature of 180°C.
Grape juice is brought to a boil. With constant stirring, semolina is added to it. Boil the grape-semolina porridge for 3-4 minutes until it thickens.
The finished cooled sponge cake is cut in half, brushed with grape cream and sprinkled with walnuts.

The appetizer is soaked in juice for 2-3 hours. After this, the dessert can be served with tea, even while on a diet.

We will prepare a sugar-free cake from the following products:

oatmeal - 300 g (1.5 cups);
sour cream - 200 ml (1 glass);
milk - 150 ml (0.7 cups);
dates - 150 g;
prunes - 150 g;
banana - 100 g (1 large fruit);
cocoa powder - 50 g (0.25 cups);
chicken eggs - 2 pieces;
soda - 5 g (1 teaspoon);
lemon juice or vinegar;
for decorating baked goods: crushed nuts, candied fruits, chocolate chips, confectionery topping.

Preparation time: 20-25 minutes.

Cooking time: 10-15 minutes.

Total time: 40-50 minutes.

Quantity: cake 1 kg.

Carefully selected ingredients make the cake without flour and butter tasty, tender and low in calories. It can be eaten during a diet, or used as a children's cake at holidays. Melting-in-your-mouth aromatic cakes soaked in light sour cream will decorate both a family tea party and a friendly feast.

Cooking method:

Grind oatmeal in a coffee grinder or using a fine-hole meat grinder or blender. Sift the mixture through a sieve into a large bowl.

Advice. Ready-made oatmeal is an excellent substitute for cereal.

Add cocoa powder to the oatmeal and mix.

Advice. It is preferable to sift the cocoa as well so that there are no uneven pieces in the dough.

We wash the prunes and dates several times, pour boiling water over them and leave for 15-20 minutes.

Advice. Stores sell dates already without seeds. This option will simplify and speed up the preparation of the dish. If the fruits have seeds, then after steaming they should be carefully removed.

Break the eggs into a separate container and mix them with milk.

Place pitted dates into the liquid and use a blender to bring the mixture until smooth.

Advice. The result is a sweet mass, the thickness of which resembles liquid sour cream.

Mix flour and liquid mixture thoroughly.

Add soda, after extinguishing it with vinegar or citric acid. Mix again.

Divide the finished dough into three equal parts.

Place the dough in three parts on a sheet of baking paper and level it with a spoon or spatula. The thickness of the workpiece is 6-8 mm.

Advice. If you have a pan of suitable diameter for baking cakes, then use it. In this case, you will have to bake the cakes three times in turn.

Bake the pieces for 10-12 minutes in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

Advice. The finished cake has a dense and elastic structure.

Remove the cooled pieces from a paper sheet. To do this, turn the paper over and carefully tear it off, holding the cake.

Now let's make the cream for the cake. We will cook it without sugar. Banana will add sweetness, and prunes will add delicate sourness.

Place the sour cream in a small container and lightly beat with a fork or whisk.

Advice. For cream, choose sour cream with high fat content.

Peel the banana and mash it with a fork.

Advice. The fruit should be ripe and soft.

Chop the prunes using a knife.

Advice. We leave some pieces of fruit large, because the consistency of the cream does not have to be uniform.

Mix all ingredients in one container. Our light sour cream is ready.

Place the cake on a flat plate.

Cover with cream.

Repeat with the second and third cake layers.

Apply the remaining cream to the sides.

Leave the assembled cake in the refrigerator for several hours to soak.

We decorate the finished baked goods at our discretion with nuts, coconut flakes, confectionery topping, pieces of fruit, and candied fruits.

Our flourless cake for diabetics, toddlers or those watching their figure is ready.

The cake looks impressive, holds its shape perfectly, and cuts perfectly.

Low-calorie cake “Spicy currants”

This low calorie cake is prepared using a simple recipe. The dessert has a sweet and sour taste, and its basis is nuts, curd cheese and black currants. Its calorie content is only 190 kcal per 100 g. The dessert contains vitamins B, C, calcium and magnesium.

To bake 8 servings you will need the following ingredients:

oatmeal – 200 g;
baking powder – 0.5 tsp;
cocoa powder – 1 tbsp. l.;
honey - 6 tbsp. l.;
eggs – 5 pcs.;
kefir – 100 g;
olive oil – 50 g;
curd cheese – 300 g;
black currant – 300 g;
walnuts – 150 g.

“Spicy currant” is a very tasty cake.
The preparation time for the diet cake is about 2 hours.

Step-by-step instruction:

Beat the eggs with a mixer until fluffy. Add 3 tbsp. l. honey and beat again.
Mix kefir with olive oil and add to the egg mixture.
Add all dry ingredients and mix the dough.
Add 150 g of currants, mix, transfer the dough into a container with high sides.
Bake for 40 minutes in the oven at 180°C. The finished biscuit should rise to double in size.
Blend the remaining berries with honey in a blender. Add cottage cheese and beat the mixture again until it becomes a thick cream.
Cut the dough into 3 layers and coat them with currant-curd cream.
Place in the refrigerator for 2 hours to soak the biscuit.

Sprinkle the finished dish with chopped walnuts.

Light, tasty and healthy fitness cake

Calorie content: 127 Kcal per 100 g.

Ingredients:

For the crust: • oatmeal - 80 g. • egg white - 1 pc. • 3 table. spoons of water • pinch of cinnamon

Filling: • low-fat cottage cheese - 250 g. • fruits (apples, pears) - 2 pcs. (or 2 handfuls of berries) • egg white - 1 pc. • honey - 1-2 tbsp. l. • vanillin

Preparation:

Grind oatmeal in a blender, mix with the remaining ingredients for the crust and knead the dough. Place it in a baking dish, forming sides, and bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes. Beat the cottage cheese with a blender until smooth. Add egg white, honey and vanillin and beat again. Cut the fruits into small pieces (it’s better to put the berries whole so that it doesn’t turn out too liquid), place on the baked base, fill everything with filling and bake at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes.

Light cottage cheese cake

Among confectionery products for weight loss, dietary curd cakes based on fermented milk products occupy the main place, since they contain not only calcium, but also a whole range of microelements: sodium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron. The calorie content of PP curd cake can be adjusted by the fat content of the main ingredient.

Most of the delicious dish consists of oatmeal and cottage cheese.

To prepare the dessert you need to take:

finely ground Hercules flakes – 50 g;
milk – 100 g;
cottage cheese with a fat content of no more than 2.5% - 150 g;
raspberries, strawberries or currants – 60 g;
honey - 3 tbsp. l.;
baking powder – 0.5 tsp;
cinnamon, vanilla, orange zest - to taste.

A light cottage cheese cake is a popular dessert.
Preparation:

Pour hot milk over the oatmeal and let it brew.
Add baking powder, zest and cinnamon and stir.
The dough should have the consistency of thick porridge. Divide it into 2 equal parts and bake the cakes in the oven at 180°C for 15 minutes.
Beat cottage cheese, honey and berries with a blender into a homogeneous mass and place on the base.
Cover the top with a second layer. Place in the oven for another 10 minutes.
The finished cottage cheese dessert can be decorated with pieces of nuts, grated dark chocolate or orange marmalade.

Diet raspberry cheesecake

For those who love cheesecakes, low-calorie cakes based on berries and cottage cheese are a complete replacement for the usual dish. According to the proposed recipe, the appetizer can be prepared in 30 minutes from a minimum set of ingredients. The total calorie content of the dish is about 125 kcal per 100 g.

For 2 servings you will need:

oat flakes – 150 g;
low-fat cottage cheese – 200 g;
milk – 100 g;
honey - 3 tbsp. l.;
gelatin – 1 tbsp. l.;
vanillin -0.5 tsp;
raspberries – 1.5 tbsp.

Raspberry cheesecake can be made at home.
Preparation:

Heat the milk and dissolve gelatin, honey and vanilla in it.
Pour a small amount of boiling water over the oatmeal, stir, and place in a baking dish in a layer 1.5 cm thick.
Bake in the oven at 190°C for 15 minutes.
Beat the cottage cheese with raspberries in a blender until smooth and pour the milk mixture into it. Stir and pour onto the oatmeal base for a diet cake.
Place in the refrigerator for 3 hours until completely set.

This cake is suitable for second breakfast or afternoon snack.

Honey cake that our grandmothers baked

Our grandmothers baked honey cake with delicate sour cream. According to legend, it appeared more than 200 years ago and was prepared for Empress Elizaveta Alekseevna, wife of Alexander I. Fragrant cakes, light cream... But you can experiment with the recipe and prepare a diabetic cake without sugar and flour. Such pastries will not add extra pounds to your waist and will please your sweet tooth. We'll only use a small amount of the sweet treat for this recipe, but the finished dish will have a rich honey flavor.

Products needed for honey cake:

oatmeal - 400 g (2 cups);
fat sour cream - 400 g (1 package);
prunes - 150 g (1 glass);
honey - 100 g (1/2 cup);
egg whites - 6 pieces;
egg yolks - 2 pieces;
baking powder - 7 g (1 sachet).

Preparation time: 15-20 minutes.

Baking time: 10-12 minutes.

Total time: 30-35 minutes.

Quantity: 1 honey cake.

To prepare such cakes, no oil or high-calorie wheat flour is required. Airy cakes go perfectly with delicate cream, prunes add piquancy, and honey adds the necessary sweetness. The ingredients are available at any store. From this quantity of products two cakes are obtained.

Recipe for making honey cake without flour:

Beat the chilled whites with a whisk for 3-5 minutes.
Add the yolks and continue beating for another 2-3 minutes.
Gradually add oatmeal, baking powder and honey.
Knead a fairly thick and plastic dough.
Leave the mixture to “rest” for 10-15 minutes.
Divide the finished dough into two parts.
Roll out half the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 0.5 cm.
Using the same rolling pin, transfer the workpiece to a baking sheet.
Advice. You can roll out the dough directly on a baking sheet - this will greatly simplify and speed up the preparation of the cake.
Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes at 180 degrees, after pricking with a toothpick or fork in several places.
We lay the workpiece on a flat surface and cut out the cake from the hot layer according to the shape.
Advice. A plate, lid or other container is suitable for this. The hot layer is cut easily and neatly.
We also bake the second part of the cake.
Advice. Hot cakes should not be stacked on top of each other, as they may stick together. We leave the trimmings - we will need them for decoration in the future.
While the cakes are cooling, prepare the cream.
Wash the prunes and pour boiling water for 7-10 minutes. Cut into small pieces.
Advice. Prunes are a good substitute for pitted dates.
Beat the cooled sour cream a little.
Advice. Instead of sour cream, you can use soft cottage cheese.
Add prunes and honey, mix.
Advice. Stevia can replace honey.
Place the cooled cake on a plate and cover with a thick layer of cream.
Then lay out the second cake layer, cover it with cream, generously coating the sides.
Decorate the honey cake with chopped cake scraps, crushed nuts, and candied fruits.
Leave the baked goods in the refrigerator overnight to soak.
Dietary honey cake with light sour cream is ready.

Chocolate cake

Diet chocolate cake can be made from just 3 ingredients: dark chocolate, egg white and cinnamon. There is no need for cake layers; the base that will hold its shape will be meringue.

Cooking algorithm:

Melt 100 g of dark chocolate in a water bath.
Separate the yolks of 3 eggs from the whites. Beat the latter with a pinch of salt until stable peaks appear.
Mix 50 g of liquid chocolate with protein soufflé. Add 0.5 tsp. ground cinnamon.
Preheat the oven to 250°C.
Line a baking pan with parchment paper and place the mixture, whipped to a thick foam, into it.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Cool the meringue, pour the remaining chocolate over it and put it in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.

Chocolate cake is a great dessert.
This snack does not require any additional topping and is perfect with your morning coffee. Its calorie content is only 115 kcal per 100 g.

Chocolate cream for cakes

Chocolate cream is one of the most popular creams. Dietary chocolate cream contains only 130 kilocalories per 100 grams of the finished dish.

Composition of ingredients

To prepare chocolate cream you will need:

1 package of thick fermented baked milk;
5 tbsp. milk;
10 dates, peeled;
15 g cocoa.

During the cooking process, you can add cinnamon, vanillin, nutmeg or ginger to the finished dish if desired.

Step-by-step cooking process

Making chocolate cream is quite simple:

First you need to fold a clean gauze napkin 6 times. The gauze needs to be placed in a sieve. The resulting structure must be placed in a pan.
You need to pour the prepared fermented baked milk onto the gauze. The pan must be placed in the refrigerator (or in a cold room) for 12 hours.
In a separate pan you need to mix 70 ml of milk and dried fruits. The product needs to be cooked for 2-4 minutes.
The resulting milk must be filtered through a sieve into a small container.
The dairy product must be mixed with cocoa, resulting in a paste-like mixture.
If the consistency is too liquid, you can add a little cocoa. If it’s the other way around, then add milk.
Add the chocolate mixture to the resulting fermented baked milk and mix thoroughly.
To make the finished dish more natural, you can add dark chocolate melted in a water bath, thoroughly mixing it with the main mass.

The finished cream is thick, quite sweet, with a rich chocolate tint.

How to serve a dish

The resulting chocolate cream can be used as a cake decoration, or you can coat the cakes with it. The finished dish can be decorated with grated dark chocolate, pieces of nuts and dried fruits (you can use dates that have been simmered in milk). You can also mix chocolate cream with other dietary cream to get a richer taste.

The first creams for cakes and short layers appeared in Italy, but were most widespread in France. The French were the first to open various cafes and pastry shops that served PP creams, cakes, croissants, and cookies.