When I gain a little weight from eating too many goodies, my " SHOES" still fit me, but my jeans "don't fit me anymore, because I lost my shape when I ate all that I cared for." Sound familiar? We now believe it's best to shed excess pounds slowly, and it's hard for some dieters to stick to their meal plans for long periods of time. This is particularly true of chocolate lovers! So for dieting chocoholic's everywhere, I present this special recipe from nutritionist Harriet Roth. This delicious cake is a dieter's delight.

CHOCOHOLIC'S CHOCOLATE CAKE
Yield: 1 cake cut into 20 pieces (1 piece=1 serving)

3/4 cup unbleached white flour or cake flour
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/3 cup unsweetened coca
1/2 cup sugar ( or 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup brown sugar)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
2 extra-large egg whites, slightly beaten
1/3 cup canola or cold-pressed safflower oil
1 cup cold water or fresh orange juice
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
2 tbs. white or raspberry wine vinegar
2 tbs. Kahlua(optional)

Cocoa and confectioner's sugar for sifting over cooled cake (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray the bottom of an 8 X 8 X 2" baking pan, or an 8 " round pan ( for a fudgier cake) with butter-flavored nonstick cooking spray
2. Combine the flours, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a mixing bowl and blend thoroughly with a slotted spoon.
3. Combine the egg whites, oil, water, vanilla, vinegar, and Kahlua (if desired) in a separate bowl, and beat thoroughly with a fork.
4. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry mix quickly with a slotted spoon until all the flour is moistened and the batter is smooth.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan immediately and bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes, or until the cake starts to shrink away from the sides of the pan.
6. Cool on a rack. Sift the cocoa powder on top of half the cake and conectioner's sugar onto the remaining half if you like, or a variation thereof.

Per serving: 0 cholesterol, 0.38 gm saturated fat, 4.1 gm total fat, 0.5 gm fiber, 78 mg sodium, 94 CALORIES PER SERVING!

* Harriet Roth has written several wonderful cookbooks containing low calorie, low fat, and low cholesterol recipes. "Deliciously Simple ", "Harriet Roth's Cholesterol-Control Cookbook" and " Deliciously Low " being the ones I am most familiar with.

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