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    Hawaiian Upside-Down Coffeecake


    Source of Recipe


    JoAnna M. Lund


    Recipe Introduction


    There's something fun about baking a dessert that looks aboslutely plain when it emerges from the oven, but flip it over and-SURPRISE! You've got a magnificent cake that makes any occassion a celebration.
    Serves 8


    List of Ingredients


    • 3/4 cup Splenda
    • 2 (8-ounce) cans sliced pineapple, packed in fruit juice, drained, and 1/2 cup liquid reserved
    • 4 maraschino cherries, halved
    • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Light margarine
    • 1 egg or equivalent in egg substitute
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 1/2 cups Bisquick Reduced-Fat Baking Mix


    Instructions


    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-by-9-inch cake pan with butter-flavored cooking spray. Sprinkle 1/4 cup Splenda over bottom. Evenly place pineapple slices on bottom of pan. Place cherry halves in pineapple holes, cut-side up. In a medium bowl, combine margarine and remaining 1/2 cup Splenda. Add pineapple liquid, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix well to combine using an electric mixer. Add baking mix. Continue beating with mixer for 3 minutes on medium speed. Pour batter over pineapple. Bake for 25 to 30 mintues or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen sides with a knife and invert immediately onto serving plate. Cut into 8 servings.


    Final Comments


    Each serving equals:
    DIABETIC: 1 Starch, 1/2 Fruit, 1/2 Fat
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    143 Calories, 3gm Fat, 2gm Protein, 27gm Carbohydrate,
    279mg Sodium, 30mg Calcium, 1gm Fiber
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    HE: 1 Bread, 1/2 Fruit, 1/4 Fat, 1/4 Slider, 5 Optional Calories

    "Diabetic Desserts, pg. 177"

 

 

 


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