Apple Cheese Icing

Title:
Apple Cheese Icing

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Diabetic,
Cakes,
Desserts




Ingredients:





     2    Sweet dessert apples 200 g *


     1 ts Powdered gelatin dissolved


     4 tb Hot water (for gelatin)


   1/3 c  Skim milk cheese or cottage


          Coloring (optional)






 2 apples, cored and sliced.  Suggested Golden Delicious - stay white when


 cooked.  Cook the apples to a soft pulp in a little water and allow to


 cool. Place in a blender with the dissolved gelatin, cheese and coloring,


 and blend to a smooth puree.  Leave to set, then spread on the cake and


 pipe if desired.


 


 This spread, covered, keeps well in the refrigerator and may be


 deep-frozen.


 


 Suggested uses:  Child's birthday cake, slab cake cut in squares and


 decorated with a blob of icing topped with a piece of fruit, low-calorie


 spread for plain cookies or scones. 5 cal in 2 tsp.


 


 Total recipe: 160 cal, 25 g (2 1/2 units) carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 13 g


 protein, 2 g fat.


 


 Source:  The Diabetics' Cookbook by Roberta Longstaff published in UK and


 Canada 1984.


 


 From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini