{"id":1102,"date":"2011-02-09T00:16:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T00:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2011-02-08T03:17:09","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T03:17:09","slug":"angel-food-cookies-and-acquired-adult-tastes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"Angel Food Cookies and Acquired Adult Tastes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of my favourite cakes to make is Angel Food<\/strong>. \u00a0And my favourite bit of the cake? \u00a0The super crunchy brown pieces on the top, that\u00a0just barely<\/em> don’t overflow onto the floor of the oven . . . where the other dead cakes lay.<\/p>\n

As a kid, I used to hate Angel Food. \u00a0Whenever my mom would make this cake, I would feel gipped<\/strong> out of a real cake. \u00a0I always craved the super fatty cake! \u00a0Can you tell I have a weight problems?! \u00a0Haha. \u00a0 No, seriously.<\/p>\n

Now, I crave the taste of THIS<\/strong> cake! \u00a0I’m not sure how my taste buds have changed to love angel food . . . I guess the same way they changed to love squash, eggplant, cooked cauliflower, and cilantro.<\/p>\n

Angel Food Confetti, with whipping cream frosting! \u00a0Mmmmm! \u00a0The best part about Angel Food is that it is mostly fat free! \u00a0Ummm, not so sugar free . . . or fat free with the whipping cream, but I guess it’s better than a regular cake!<\/p>\n

Somehow, someone (perhaps moi?<\/strong>) needs to invent a sugar free, fat free cake (with icing!) that TASTES<\/strong> great. \u00a0Hmmm, I smell a mission! \u00a0I’ll call it “spring cleaning” . . . cleaning out the sugar and the fat! \u00a0I’ll be sure to post if I can figure it out.<\/p>\n

HELP!<\/strong> What did I just say? Do you have any good recipes for a “healthy” cake?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bail me out if you can, but for now, back to the post . . . Angel Food Cookies<\/strong>. \u00a0At first, I didn’t think it would be possible to turn a runny cake mix into a cookie, but it was! \u00a0All you need to take is one box of your favourite angel food batter (funfetti, hello<\/strong>!), add 1\/2 cup of diet rootboor, mix it up and scoop it out! \u00a0Super simple!<\/p>\n

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Angel Food Cookies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(adapted from Home Cook’n<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 box of angel food mix<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup of diet rootbeer (or any flavour diet pop of your choosing . . . you can even use water)<\/p>\n

1 tsp vanilla<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 350 F. \u00a0Mix all ingredients together well. \u00a0Drop by muffin scoop on to lined cookie sheet. \u00a0Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until cookies are JUST<\/strong> browned. \u00a0 *The original recipe said to make sure they didn’t turn brown, and stay white, but to me when I did this, those cookies seemed underbaked. \u00a0I recommend that you let them brown just slightly.<\/em> Store in an airtight container.<\/p>\n

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Too light . . .<\/p><\/div>\n

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Just right . . .<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re like me, you would top these babies with strawberry whipping cream<\/strong>! \u00a0Mix together a 1:2 ratio of strawberry yogurt to whipping cream and you have a sweet topping for these cake cookies.<\/p>\n

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Next time I am going to let these cookies bake for a couple of minutes longer<\/strong> than I even did . . . get them nice and brown and crispy. \u00a0I’m still craving the crunchy taste of the cake top that didn’t die \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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