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Recipe: Almond Meringue Cakes
Servings: 9
Preparation Time: 5 min.
Cooking Time: 20 min.
 
Ingredients:
  • 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar, sifted
  • 1/2 cup almonds, whole natural, toasted lightly, finely ground
  • 4-1/2 tsp. all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 egg white\cooked
  • 1 Tbs. rum
This Recipe is considered:
Low Sodium
Cooking Directions:
Preheat oven to 450° F. Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Heat butter in a heavy nonstick skillet over medium high heat until butter is light brown. Stir egg whites and rum gently into almond mixture until just combined. Stir into hot butter. Divide batter between 9 buttered muffin cups and bake 6 minutes. Lower oven to 400° F and bake another 6 minutes. Turn off heat and let cakes sit in oven another 10 minutes. Transfer to racks to cool.
 
Per Serving: calories 163, fat 11.1g, calories from fat 61%, protein 2.8g, cholesterol 20.7mg, dietary fiber 0.8g

Nutrients Exchanges
Calories 163 Milk Exchanges 0.0
Protein 2.8g Vegetable Exchanges 0.0
Carbohydrates 12.5g Fruit Exchanges 0.0
Dietary Fiber 0.8g Bread Exchanges 0.1
Sugar 10.2g Other Carbohydrates/Sugar Exchanges 0.6
Fat Total 11.1g Lean Meat Exchanges 0.2
Saturated Fat 5.2g Very Lean Meat/Protein Exchanges 0.2
Mono-unsaturated Fat 4.8g Fat Exchanges 2.3
Poly-unsaturated Fat 1.1g
% Calories from Fat 61%    
Cholesterol 20.7mg
Sodium 37.4mg
Vitamins Minerals
Vitamin A 71.3IU Calcium 22.4mg
Thiamin (B1) 0.1mg Copper 0.2mg
Riboflavin (B2) 0.1mg Iron 0.4mg
Niacin (B3) 0.5mg Magnesium 23.1mg
Vitamin B6 0.1mg Manganese 0.3mg
Vitamin B12 0.0mcg Phosphorus 42.7mg
Vitamin C 0.0mg Potassium 72.7mg
Vitamin E 2.8IU Selenium 2.6mcg
Folate 5.1mcg Sodium 37.4mg
Pantothenic Acid 0.1mg Zinc 0.3mg