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Chocolate while dieting? Of course! If you watch portion sizes and eat it in moderation.
You can change this recipe anytime by substituting white chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or raspberry/chocolate swirled chips for the semisweet chips in this recipe.
Low calorie and delicious
Chocolate Ribbon Poundcake
Ingredients
(12 servings - 275 calories per serving)
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter or margerine (softened)
1 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup (8 oz) sour cream
2 eggs
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Using food processor or mortar and pestle, pulverize chocolate chips.
  • Add cinnamon and blend well.
  • Set aside.
  • In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until smooth.
  • Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, sour cream, and eggs.
  • Beat until well-blended being sure to scrape sides of bowl often.
  • Prepare a 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan by spraying bottom and sides with non-stick cooking spray.
  • Pour half of batter into pan.
  • Pour half of chocolate mixture on top of batter.
  • Carefully add remaining batter spreading batter to sides to cover all of the chocolate mixture.
  • Sprinkle remaining chocolate mixture on top of batter.
  • Swirl butter knife lightly through chocolate mixture to blend lightly with batter.
  • Bake for 1 hour or until wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
  • Run knife along sides of pan to loosen.
  • Turn out onto cooling rack.
  • Slice and serve when cooled.


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