Low Fat Cake - Chocolate Cake Using Canola Oil Instead of Butter or Margerine
Chocolate Water Cake
Following is a recipe for a chocolate cake using canola oil instead of butter, margarine, or Crisco. The resulting cake is lower cholesterol than most homemade cakes and contains no trans-fats.
Homemade chocolate cake is so delicious and not much more work than cake made from a box mix. Unlike boxed mixes, cake made from scratch contains none of those chemicals whose names you can not pronounce. And most homemade cakes can be made from ingredients that you already have on hand.
You will find the batter of this cake quite different than your usual cake batter as it is very watery when ready to be placed int the oven. I have nicknamed it Chocolate Water Cake because it is so watery. But the outcome is just as wonderful as the best chocolate cake.
Chocolate Cake Ingredients
1 3/4 Cup Sifted All PurposeFlour
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
3/4 Cup Cocoa
1 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Canola Oil
! Cup Milk
2 Large Eggs
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
1 Cup Boiling Water
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Chocolate Cake - Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Grease 3 round 8 inch baking pans, or 2 round 9 inch pans
Dust pans with a light coating of flour
Set aside
Mix dry ingredients and stir gently. (Flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and baking soda)
Mix milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla - beat well until combined
Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients
Mix on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes
Add boiling water. Mix for one minute on medium speed or until all combined (you do not want to see any unevenly colored streaks)
Pour into baking pans (Remember that the cake batter will be very runny)
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean
Finishing
Remove from oven
Set cake pans on wire racks and cool for 10 minutes
Remove cake from pans (run a knife around teh edges first)
Cool cakes on wire racks until cakes reach room temperature before icing
Icing
Butter cream works well on this cake but you can use any frosting that you wish.
Butter cream icing:
1 1/2 Stick of Butter, softened
1 1/2 lbs of 10 X Sugar (confectioner's sugar)
1 1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
Dash Milk
Cream butter, vanilla, and a small amount of 10 X sugar
Add a splash of milk. Beat well.
Slowly add more sugar, and small dashes of milk until the icing reaches a spreadable consistency.
You don't want the frosting too firm or it will be hard to spread. Too soft of an icing will not set up well and will leak out the sides between layers.
For chocolate butter cream icing, use less 10X sugar and add some cocoa to the frosting mix, starting with 1/4 cup, or to your taste.
Note - Many homemade cakes improve both flavor and texture after a day or two, so bake your cake ahead of time!
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Comments
Delores, you are tempting me to get like a butterball turkey, fat and round, :) Maybe next week My new chickens will deliver some more eggs and I'll try this, as it's been pasted and saved as "Delores Monets Chocolate Water Cake" Voted up and Awesome. Peace Dusty
PS. try this it is awesome: http://hubpages.com/hub/DAVES-FEASTIVE-SWEETPOTATO
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm trying to loose some weight...but can't give up my Chocolate cake.
I am chocolate lovers. And I am so happy to find this hub. My friend, you made this so delicious. You also made my day so colorful with the existence of your recipes. I'll show this to my mom. I hope she want to make this cake tomorrow. Thank you very much. Have a nice day!
Prasetio:)
A healthier option for us chocaholics! I can't wait to try this recipe -- the fact you can use all-purpose instead of cake flour is a plus as well. Thanks, Dolores!
Dolores I read this cos I am sitting here and I am STARVING! LOL! Great hub! Whetted my appetite! Loved this hub, and very healthy!
Love the recipe, where the butter and margarine is replaced with canola oil. Thanks for sharing.
This sounds so vaguely familiar like from a billion years ago when I could eat chocolate - but my Bob is gonna love it! Thanks, Dolores!
Why is it no one realizes that canola oil is not good for consumption? Margarine either. Butter is much better and especially if it comes from raw milk. There are a lot of negatives associated with canola oil which by the way comes from the rapeseed and was at one time used as a pesticide among other things. I would love to try the recipe, but I think I will stick with butter as mother nature intended. Thanks for sharing. Teresa
Great hub. You make me hungry for chocolate cake. I'll definitely try the recipe very soon.
I love chocolate cakes. Thanks for sharing this great recipe
Thanks for a good recipe. I will use it.
Fiddleman - well it isn't exactly low calorie as there are 2 cups of sugar in the recipe, but who thinks about diet when they want chocolate cake? haha, thank you!
50 - hi, Dusty! This recipe is almost funny in that it's so watery when you put it in the oven. Hope it works out for you. Thank you for stopping in!
alek - as I said, 2 cups of sugar ain't low calorie, but the fat content is lesser what with the canola oil.
prasetio - good to see you my friend! That's the best way to do anything, get someone else to do it for you, haha! Peace!
linda - thank you, glad that you liked the recipe!
cheeky girl - oh, it's chocolate! Who needs healthy chocolate, let's get real people! haha, thank you!
ingenira - thank you very much!
Audrey - you can't eat chocolate!? Poor baby! Don't we lose so much as we age. You would be so kind to your husband making this cake. If I could not have chocolate, no one else in the house would either, haha! Thanks!
events - you know I just can't keep up with what's good for you and what is not. I sure love my butter and have read about canola oil being good and being bad. Whatever! Thanks for the interesting comment!
Stuart - good to meet you! Thanks for commenting on my chocolate cake hub!
katrina - glad that you liked! Thank you!
susannah - thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy!
Dolores: As a "Chocoholic" I really love this cake but since I never have to care about cholesteral or calories or any of that other stuff I think I might try it with butter, and maybe double up on the cocoa.
It's weird, but as much as I love sweets, I've never liked cake. I think it's the texture. Plus, I was just diagnosed with heart problems and have to avoid caffeine.
Any recipe that makes chocolate cake a little less guilty has got to be worthwhile..
Looks delicious.
Dave - I don't know about messing around with the proportions as this is not your usual cake. But it sure ain't healthy. When eating chocolate cake, I don't think about my figure. Sometimes you just need a treat. Thanks!
loria - sorry to hear that you have heart troubles and I hope that you can keep yourself healthy. So kind of you to comment!
Jane - one should never feel guilt when eating dessert! I am in fine weight and I east dessert. It's overeating that makes you fat. Moderation is the key! Thanks!
I LOVE chocolate cake. The more healthy ways I can prepare it the more often I can have it lol
tbanks - thank you! Though with 2 cups of sugar this is not actually what I would call healthy. But it sure is good!
I love to cook baking isn't umm something I have ever shined in but I am slowly learning how to take the time and really try. I will try this and let you know how it turns out hehe.
Wendy - I've loved to bake since I was a kid. We used to bake white cakes and use food color to make weird colors - the gray and purple cake really turned off guests. Thanks!
I will have to let the kids now can I add the food coloring right to the batter it won't effect the baking process I know some recipes can be funny about what extra you add to it. Is there anything you can tell me such as little hints. Like I said I can cook anything but baking not my bright spot.
Dolores your hub Low Fat Cake - Chocolate Cake Using Canola Oil Instead of Butter or Margerine is just in time for me to try for the holidays, thanks.
Who knew canola oil could be used to make a chocolate cake, your water cake recipe is a chocolholic's dream come true, cut out the fat and most of the guilt. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and all of our HubPages community. Mike
P.S. hub up, useful and bookmarked as Dolores chocolate water cake.
Wendy - there is no food coloring in this cake. It is so dark, I can't see how food coloring would improve it. But for lighter cakes, just adding a few drops won't alter the recipe. You only need a tiny bit! Thanks!
Ted - thanks! Well, some say that canola is bad for you. Oh well, what isn't anymore? The thing of it is, sometimes you want to bake a cake, and if you don't have butter, this recipe works well. Merry Christmas, Mike!
Thanks for the delicious chocolate cake recipe. And for the butter cream as well. Now I have a good reason to make a chocolate cake - it's healthy!
cool... I'm gonna try this.
Delores, your cake sounds wonderful. With less fat it is almost perfect. I will be trying. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the recipe, I am going to try it.
Julie -as I have stated, nothing with that much sugar is healthy! But we can't always be healthy, especially when eating chocolate cake! haha! Thank you!
carolina - hi! Happy eating!
Koffee - and it's great with coffee, haha! Thanks!
susannah - good! Enjoy! Thank you!
I'm wondering how it tastes if I bake this chocolate cake with less sugar? You're tempting me Dolores! Anyhow, I'll bookmark this for my 2 daughters to consider. Thanks. Happy Holidays!
Lita - I would not mess around with the ingredients and really don't know how to change certain recipes. You're talking science there, altering the ingredients that cause the chemical change that is baking. Way too much sugar for you!
This seems so simple. My wife is usually the one who makes cakes in the house—I do the cooking—so I will pass this along to her. Looks delicious.
This is exactly what I'm looking for to attempt to stick with my New Years resolution - yet again! Thanks!
Springboard, thank you. While many men that I know enjoy cooking in general, it does seem like it's the women who like to bake.
schoolmarm - is your New Year's resolution to eat cake? Go for it! Thank you!
Using "applesauce" makes it even better: low fat, low cholesterol and yummy!
Even with the box mixes the applesauce works. Just use 1tsp less than what is called for with butter or oil.
The canola oil is also a decent choice.
Yummy looking recipe. I certainly will try it.
Very tempting! It looks delicious.
"Many homemade cakes improve both flavor and texture after a day or two, so bake your cake ahead of time!"
Do you let it the cake sit in the fridge or on the counter? Thanks.
Better Yourself - thanks!
J Sunhawk - this cake does not need refrigeration. But if you are going to keep it for a day or two, you will want to cover it! Thanks!
Pixie - I remember when I tried the applesauce trick. It worked well on brownies and blondies too. Thanks for the healthy tip!
Now here's a hub I wish I would've found before feasting on a bunch of calorie filed holiday goodies this year. Thanks for the great idea!
This sounds so good! Thanks for the recipe!
It is always good when you can have cake and it will not put to much pounds on you!!
Great job on the hub and I hope you keep up the good work.
lender - thanks! Though, as I have pointed out - this ain't diet food!
Runway - it is good and kind of fun to make. Thanks!
bugs - cake makes you fat if you eat too much of it. Period. haha - thanks!
Very nice. Just bought some Canola oil so I will be making this.
Pamela - I like the idea of using canola because I keep it around the house for when I make soap. If you bake it, remember that the batter is quite liquidy and not at all like normal cake batter. Thanks!
Hi Dolores, thanks for sharing this recipe. You can't go wrong with chocolate AND lower fat in a recipe. That is a winning combination in my book.
ocean - thank you! I made the one pictured to take to a party. It went over very well!
I'll certainly be trying this recipe and especially as some members of my family has diabetes! Thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
Coll - whoah, I don't know about serving this to a diabetic - it's loaded with sugar! Thanks anywhoo. The cake is just plain good, not really good for you.
Ive been looking for a good chocolate cake recipe to try that isnt as fattening, thanks for sharing this Im gonna try it and let you know how it turns out. Cheers.
ladyjane - for the last time I must say that it is not healthy and what with 2 cups of sugar, is not good for you except in the way that all chocolate cake is good for you in that it makes you very happy! Enjoy! Thank you!
I love, love, love chocolate! Did I say I love chocolate?
A yummy recipe that I will be trying later today. Would love to be a guest in your house for a week, trying all your fab. recipies. Thank you! Up :)
vocalcoach - thank you very much. I hope you enjoy the delicious chocolate cake.
Hi Dolores! Thanks for the recipe. This is a healthier chocolate cake recipe indeed.
Taj - glad you liked my chocolate cake recipe! Thanks!
Dolores this sounds really yummy. I have bookmarked this one as my significant other! loves 'CAKE' so I am sure he will love this one.
Thank you for sharing.
Gloshei.
Gloshei - thank you - hope it turns out well for you!
Way to go! Awesome recipe - sometimes I substitute with Olive Oil too. Great hub.
emilybee - thank you! I don't know if I'd put Olive Oil in a cake, but what do I know. I remember, for a while, using applesauce as a substitute for oil or butter in some recipes, brownies I think. They were not half bad.
Chocolate cake!!!!! just so hard to resist even though you are under a diet. Thanks for sharing this recipe now I don't have to remove the chocolate cake from my diet plan LOL!!
great recipe im a big fan of butter and margarine substitutes when it comes to baking.
stephanie - I firmly believe that chocolate cake should never be removed from a diet. Losing weight just means eating less, not depriving yourself. One piece of cake instead of 3 - haha! Thank you!
Imo - thank you. But I must say that I love my butter!
This sounds perfect. I know my hubby will appreciate it. I must admit I love butter but need to cut down. Ha Ha. Great Hub.
Lovely! Sounds delicious as I suffer from acute chocolitis!
This cake sounds real good I'll have to try it, Thanks for the tip about using canola oil instead of butter.
Yummy!!
Low cal and chocolate, Wow that most be heaven!LoL!
Thanks for sharing.
Sounds good to me, chocolate cake with less fat. Thanks for sharing this cake recipe; I will have to try making it.
This recipe looks amazing. I'm a chocoholic and I always want to find ways to make my cake less caloric...since I eat so much of it. I'm also very intrigued by how homemade baked goods taste better and have better texture after a day or so...I've been told there's some chemical reason for that.
littleliza - thank you! I love my butter too, but sometimes you just want to bake a cake and don't have enough butter.
jenna - thank you!
Miss Paul - thank you!
Sannel - I am not thinking that this is exactly low cal....
Coolmon - I haven't made this one for some time. I should put up a recipe for my old fashioned cake that does have butter. Cake is never really good for you. Well, good for the soul, haha.
Colleenmt - Making a cake from scratch is really no harder than making a box cake. I do love cake but only eat home made. Everything else is just blough. And ha ha, there is a chemical reason for it - fake cake is full of chemicals! Of course there are people who think that canola oil is poison too.
Low fat and chocolate go well together in the same sentence. This cake looks divine! Voted up!
Fiddleman 17 months ago
Great recipe, thanks for sharing. For those of us who have to watrch our diet this is great and allows for indulging in something we all like without guilt or the added calories.