Ooops Strawberry Glaze

[timer lady]

A couple of you (TM) asked for the glaze recipe I use - turns out it isn't with yogurt but with cream cheese - for the angel food cake with the strawberry yogurt glaze. (by the way, I'll now have to try it using vanilla yogurt & see what I can create. I bet something wonderful can be created with the yogurt, strawberries & such) I generally bake a store box cake & use the following recipe as a glaze.

Glaze:

• 2 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 tablespoon mashed strawberries
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Beat cream cheese, mashed strawberries and vanilla in small bowl until blended. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until blended then spoon over cake.

I use a low fat (not non-fat) cream cheese; at times I use almond extract instead of vanilla. If I'm feeling daring I'll shred bits of dark chocolate on the cake before I use on the glaze. I've been known to use raspberries instead but generally will have to increase the amount of powdered sugar.

Good luck & enjoy.

 

[dreamer]

YUM! Thank you for posting this!

I make something sorta kinda similar with this kind of cream cheese powdered sugar as a base, and top it with pudding, mousse, pie filling, fruit etc.

This sounds wonderful, and maybe it will make me think of summer dureing this awful cold spell!

 

[tiredmommy]

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Thank you!!!

 

[Wiped Out]

This looks delicious!

 

[timer lady]

TM,

Glad this worked out for you - I thought about this recipe all afternoon long after I posted this thread.

Blueberries, I'd love to try it with lemon somehow (low fat cream cheese with lemon pie filling - skip the powdered sugar). A maple or almond glaze? How would I doctor it up to maintain a bit of health (i.e. angel food cake) with a healthier glaze? Caramel?

It's all in the amount - that little bit of cream cheese & sugar versus an entire cake is nothing for your healthy eating choices.

This could turn into an cold afternoon experiment for kt & myself this afternoon. Whip out those lab aprons!