Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Cake Ingredients:

• 2 x 340g Coles Chocolate Cake Mix
• 160g Coles table spread, melted
• 160g egg whites (or 3 eggs)
• 400g Fitlato flavour of choice, melted
• 60g Coles cocoa powder
• 100g hot water

Icing ingredients:

• 100g Coles smooth peanut butter
• 100g Coles table spread (or butter)
• 20g almond milk
• 10g coconut oil, melted
• 220g Coles icing sugar

Directions:

• Pre-heat oven to 170C
• In an electric mixer, beat eggs, table spread and melted @fitlato ice cream until smooth
• Add cake mixes and cocoa powder
• Mix on medium high speed for 2-3 min until well combined
• Add hot water slowly and mix on medium speed for 1-2 min until well combined
• Pour into 2 lined 20cm cake tins and bake for ~45min
• Allow to cakes to cool in tins for 10-15 min before removing from tin and allowing to cool completely on cooling rack
• To make icing, beat in electric mixer butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy
• Add coconut oil and almond milk and beat until smooth
• Gradually add in icing sugar and beat until smooth. Scrape sides of mixer as necessary
• Generously apply icing between cake layers and on top of cake
• To store, keep in a cool place in an air tight container or in the fridge

This is probably the BEST macro FUDGE recipe you will find..

Ingredients

• 250 mL water 
• 150g Cocoa butter ( you can use coconut oil however you will taste it)
• 75g polydextrose 
• 75g Fit No Sugar 
• 250g Hazelnut Butter
• 175g Botanika Blends Cacao Hazelnut Vegan Protein Powder 
• 2g Salt 
• 1g vanilla

Method

1. Heat over medium heat water, fit no sugar, cocoa butter and polydextrose
2. When fully dissolved and homogenous remove from heat 
3. In a mixer ( e.g. kenwood, kitchen aid, us the folding tool and fold in the protein powder, and hazelnut butter, salt and vanilla.
4. Remove mixture and pour into lined pan, silicon molds and put in the fridge or freezer to set. 
5. Best enjoyed at room temperature. 

During product development of @fitlato we aimed to create a great tasting product but we also wanted to create a product that ethically matched our personalities. After researching all the sugar replacements on the market they not only had to be derived from nature we also looked for ones that had additional benefits.

Xyltiol has been shown to prevent dental caries with regular consumption in addition it is also approved by the American Diabetes Association as a suitable sugar substitutes for diabetics. Xylitol has been heavily researched for its role in prevention of dental cavities. Naturally occurring in fruits, vegetables and berries it is artificially manufactured from xylan-rich plant materials such as birch and beechwood. Xylitol has been accepted as a natural sweetener approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry.

Xylitol inhibits the growth of the bacteria that causes dental cavities. It does this because these bacteria (Steptococcus Mutans) cannot utilise xylitol to grow. Over time with xylitol use, the quality of the bacteria in the mouth changes and fewer and fewer decay-causing bacteria survive on tooth surfaces. Less plaque forms and the level of acids attacking the tooth surface is lowered. Decay-producing bacteria (Streptococcus Mutans (SM)) is also passed from mothers to their newborn children. Reducing the overall bacterial load in mothers therefore reduces bacterial transmission resulting in fewer cavities for the child.

These were some of the most heavily researched benefits we found when selecting xylitol as one of our sugar substitutes for @fitlato during product development. In addition to these widely researched benefits in preventing/ reducing dental caries xylitol has also been approved by the American Diabetes Association as a suitable sugar substitute. Xylitol has a lower glycemic index that sugar (100 vs 7 ) which attributes to a large reduction in insulin spike vs sugar and xylitol also has fewer calories.

The final tick of approval was the taste test!! Well xylitol trumps all other sugar substitutes on this front. Research has indicated that the sweetness level, mouth feel and taste of xylitol was the most like sugar. We here @fitlato totally agree with this.