Cake, like any other desserts, is what we give up in the first place, moving on to a limited diet. But the more prohibitions, the higher the likelihood of a breakdown – any sweet tooth will go crazy without forbidden sweets and, for sure, at some point will find himself eating a cake uncontrollably.
Which cake will not harm your figure and health? How to choose “smart” sweets and how much can you afford?
In a diet, it is important to consume fewer calories and also minimize the amount of fat. Instead of your usual butter cake with thick crust layers, choose:
- a cake with a curd layer or most of which consists of curd, like cheesecake,
- cake with a jelly layer,
- cake with lots of meringue or meringue,
- marshmallow cake.
Keep a close eye on the amount of dessert you eat. A small bite is enough to quench your thirst for sweets. 300 calories of Diet Cake is a 100 gram serving.
Make sure that the selected cake contains less sour cream, butter or cream from condensed milk – the calorie content of such a cake is several times higher.
Substitute dessert for your meal rather than snacking on sweets – the main one. So you will reduce your daily calorie intake, and this is very important in losing weight. Let the dessert fall for afternoon tea – between 16:00 pm and 18:00 pm.
Read carefully the label on the cake you buy at the store. The more natural ingredients there are, the less harm you will do to your figure.
The approximate calorie content of cakes per 100 grams:
- cottage cheese – 230-290 kcal;
- yoghurt – 250-300 kcal;
- meringue – 285 kcal;
- jelly – 260 kcal;
- “Bird’s milk” – 230-275 kcal;
- marmalade – 290-310 kcal;
- marshmallows – 390-400 kcal.
And if possible, prepare simple, low-calorie cakes at home – so you will know exactly what quality ingredients are included in it. For example, the dietary Napoleon.