Frosted Cake

Use skim milk and lowfat cream cheese – and you can bake your cake and eat it too.

For Cake
2 cups cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
4 Tbsp margarine
1 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp orange peel
3/4 cup skim milk

For Icing
3 oz lowfat cream cheese
2 Tbsp skim milk
6 Tbsp cocoa
2 cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 325 °F.

Grease 10-inch round pan (at least 2-inches high) with small amount of cooking oil or use nonstick cooking oil spray. Powder pan with flour. Tap out excess flour.

Sift together flour and baking powder.

In separate bowl, beat together margarine and sugar until soft and creamy.

Beat in eggs, vanilla and orange peel.

Gradually add flour mixture, alternating with milk, beginning and ending with flour.

Pour mixture into pan.

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until done. Let cake cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from pan. Let cool completely before icing.

Cream together cream cheese and milk until smooth. Add cocoa. Blend well.

Slowly add sugar until icing is smooth. Mix in vanilla.

Smooth icing over top and sides of cooled cake.