Recipes

Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake With Sliced Strawberries


Ingredients:

  • 1 cup nonfat plain yogurt
  • 4 ounces low-fat cream cheese
  • ¼ cup part-skim ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Kahlua
  • ½ pint strawberries
  • Nonfat cooking spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350º. Coat an 8 x 8-inch pan with nonfat cooking spray. Puree in blender the yogurt, cream cheese, ricotta cheese, maple syrup, cocoa, egg whites, cinnamon, and Kahlua. Pour in pan.

Bake cake for 50 minutes or until done. Let cool and decorate with slices of strawberries. Makes eight slices. Approximately 98 calories per serving, and four grams of fat.

This recipe and many more come from the ACS book, Celebrate! Healthy Entertaining for Any Occasion—available by calling 1-800-ACS-2345.