Slim Fit King Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3/4 cup skim milk
    1/4 cup reduced-fat margarine, softened
    1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
    1 tablespoon instant yeast
    1/4 cup sugar and sucralose blend for baking (such as SPLENDA(R) Sugar Blend)
    1/4 cup water
    1 egg, beaten
    1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
    3/4 (8 ounce) package fat-free cream cheese, softened
    2 very ripe bananas, mashed
    1/4 cup finely chopped pineapple
    1/8 teaspoon pineapple extract
    3 packets granular no-calorie sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda(R))
    1 tablespoon reduced-fat margarine, softened
    1 cup confectioners' sugar
    2 1/2 tablespoons skim milk
    1/8 teaspoon green food coloring
    1/8 teaspoon yellow food coloring
    1/8 teaspoon purple food coloring
Preparation
    Heat 3/4 cup milk in a small saucepan over medium heat until simmering, stirring constantly.
    Remove saucepan from heat and stir in 1/4 cup margarine. Allow mixture to cool until lukewarm.
    Using the bread hook with an electric mixer, mix together the self-rising flour, yeast, and sugar and sucralose blend in a large mixing bowl.
    Stir the water, egg, and warm milk into the yeast mixture using the electric mixer; stir well to combine.
    Gradually stir in half of the whole wheat flour until no dry spots remain.
    Stir in the remaining flour, a 1/2 cup at a time, mixing well after each addition.
    When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
    Cover dough with a damp cloth and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
    Mix the cream cheese, bananas, and pineapple together in a bowl.
    Stir in the pineapple extract and 3 packets of sweetener; mixture will be lumpy.
    Roll the dough out to about 9x12-inches.
    Spread the banana filling about 2-inches away from one of the longer edges.
    Roll the dough into a cylinder shape, beginning with the edge without filling.
    Pinch the seam to seal.
    Shape the dough into a ring by bringing the two open edges together; pinch to seal.
    Wipe any filling from the outside of the ring.
    Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise for 30 minutes more.
    Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
    Transfer the dough ring to a greased and floured baking sheet.
    Bake in the preheated oven until browned, about 20 minutes.
    Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
    Mix 1 tablespoon margarine with confectioners' sugar in a small bowl.
    Stir in the remaining milk 1 tablespoon at a time until the mixture is easily drizzled.
    Drizzle about 1/4 of the icing over the cooled cake.
    Divide the remaining icing into 3 small bowls.
    Stir in the green food coloring into one bowl; stir the yellow food coloring into the next bowl; and stir the purple food coloring into the last bowl.
    Drizzle each of the colored icings over the cake.

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