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    • Low Fat Pumpkin Cake

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    Eggs, Dairy Cakes 16 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 Box yellow cake mix, (1 lb 2.25 oz)
    3 Egg whites
    1 c Canned pumpkin
    1 c Orange juice
    1/2 c Fat-free sour cream
    2 ts Vanilla
    1 ts Cinnamon
    1/2 ts Allspice
    1/2 ts Ground ginger
    1/4 ts Ground cloves
    1/4 ts Nutmeg
    1 1/4 c Powdered sugar, sifted
    1/4 ts Vanilla
    Water

    INSTRUCTIONS

    CAKE
GLAZE
Mix together all the cake ingredients for 2 minutes. Pour into a bundt pan
coated with cooking spray. Bake 35-40 minutes at 350° F. Cool. Makes 16
servings.
Glaze: Mix together the powdered sugar and vanilla. Add water, one
tablespoon at a time, to get a runny consistency. Drizzle over the warm
cake.
per serving: 192 Kcal 2g fat (1g sat fat) 9% CFF 228mg Na 1mg cholesterol
(2.5g PRO/2.0g FAT/40.7g CHO)
If made in 12 mini-bundt pans - per serving: 256 Kcal 3g fat (1g sat fat)
9% CFF 304mg Na 2mg cholesterol (3.3g PRO/2.7g FAT/54.2g CHO)
Recipe by: Betty Broyles 1994
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #472 by yjohn@juno.com (Yvett L Johnson) on
Feb 04, 1997.

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