Hershey’s low fat chocolate cake

This is the Hershey’s “perfectly chocolate” cake recipe that is on the box but without frosting and made with skim milk.

It is fewer calories so you can add it to your healthy diet with less guilt.

Ingredients

  • Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened, .75 cup
  • Flour, all purpose, 1 cup
  • Granulated Sugar, 1 cup
  • Egg, fresh, 2 medium
  • Baking Powder, 1.5 tsp
  • Baking soda, 1.5 tsp
  • Salt, 1 tsp
  • Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
  • Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
  • Canola Oil, .5 cup
  • Boiling water 1 cup
Directions

Mix dry ingredients and put aside.. Mix wet ingredients in mixer. Add boiling water 1 cup. Mix. Add dry ingredients. Pour into pan. Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes.

Serving Size: 28 servings

Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 28
  • Calories: 91.5
  • Total Fat: 4.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.8 mg
  • Sodium: 186.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 1.6 g

Crafts

If you’re ever dabbled in art, then you know that once you get into a certain medium, you get interested in other mediums too.  Since I started cake decorating, I can now see how other craft ideas can be used to enhance food.  For example, you can make creative packaging for your cookies for Eid or cupcake picks for your cupcakes, bows to package your cake box and so on. Crafts are also a good way to get kids to practice motor skills.  With my elder one, that is my main motive.  She loves to read, learn math and science but when it comes to writing, she would rather type or let someone else do the work.  I look for ideas to get her excited about writing, coloring, painting, cutting, sticking so that she can practice those motor skills.  If you have kids, then you know what I’m talking about. Here are a few craft ideas, gathered from friends’ posting links.  Some are my own and others you will find the link below the picture on how to do the project.Cupcake picks made with Fiskars scalloped round punch and 3D or Avery round printable labels.This link that a friend posted has some excellent craft ideas.  Try them out.  http://barakahlife.typepad.com/ramadan_joy/

We got some more ideas from this website that has similar decorations for sale.  Modern Eid is an online store where you can buy directly from them or make some yourself with the family.

Crayola has some excellent coloring pages and activities that you can print at home and get the kids involved in.  Below is one example.

Of course, there’s always the option of getting things from your local hobby store and painting, decorating to your heart’s liking.

This is what my daughter came up with for putting family Eid pictures.  Nifty and fun!

We added some diamantes for bling.

Bhori cutlets (beef patties)

Lean Beef Cutlets

Ingredients

  • Lean Beef 1.5 – 2 pounds
  • Ginger 1 Tbsp
  • Chilli powder or Paprika 2 Tsp
  • Cumin powder 1 Tsp
  • Allspice 1 Tsp
  • Salt 1 Tsp
  • Green chillies (optional) chopped fine
  • Coriander leave (cilantro) chopped (1 bunch)
  • Onion (half) chopped, diced
  • Bread 2 Slices Soaked In Water
  • Eggs 3 -4 beaten
  • Breadcrumbs 1 cup

Directions

Mix all the ingredients except bread crumbs and egg in mince well and leave to marinate for 2-3 hours. Sprinkle crumbs on a flat surface and make small balls of mince and press it and shape into cutlets. Beat eggs well and dip cutlets in egg and pan fry with spray oil.

Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 20
Amount Per Serving: 1 cutlet
Calories: 138.6
Total Fat: 8.8 g
Cholesterol: 52.6 mg
Sodium: 110.7 mg
Total Carbs: 4.0 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
Protein: 10.4 g