Mini Strawberry Sponges
These Mini Strawberry Sponges are a wonderful, slimming friendly sweet treat and they're lower in calories and Points than their full fat counterparts.
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NutritionPer Serving
- Calories48
- Carbs1g
- Protein3g
- Fat2g
- Saturates1g
- Sugars1g
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There’s no denying it: we love cake! We also love baking! Neither of which are conducive to us becoming svelt tennis players in time for Wimbledon… However, these Mini Strawberry Sponges are slimming friendly and will really help to fill that cake-shaped hole.
We’ve used Xanthan Gum to help thicken the filling in these Mini Strawberry Sponges. It’s a really useful staple ingredient to have in the cupboard as it’s gluten free and you only need a small amount.
If you’re not a massive fan of strawberries, then you could easily adapt this recipe to suit different tastes. Why not try adding different fruits or using some choc shot as the filling? Get creative!
What diets are these Mini Strawberry Sponges suitable for?
These Mini Strawberry Sponges are suitable for vegetarian and gluten free diets.
They can be made suitable for dairy free diets by swapping the following ingredients for dairy free versions;
- Quark
Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies.
Do you need any special ingredients to make these Mini Strawberry Sponges?
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You’ll need a silicone mini muffin mould for these cakes and you can pick one up over on Amazon.
We’ve used Sukrin Coconut Flour in this recipe which you can buy here on Amazon and we’ve also used Sukrin Gold which is an all-natural granulated sweetener alternative to sugar with zero calories.
Sukrin Gold doesn’t have that strange after taste that a lot of artificial sweeteners do! It also shares the exact same sweetness and weight to sugar. If you are using a powdered sweetener, then please check how it compares to sugar. In some cases you’ll need to use less, as powdered sweeteners weigh less.
That being said you don’t have to use Sukrin – there are lots of other high quality granulated sweeteners available from the supermarket, such as Canderel Sugarly, and Natvia.
We also use Sukrin Icing which is an all-natural granulated stevia sweetener alternative to icing sugar with zero calories. You can grab Sukrin Icing over on Amazon UK.
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Pick up a silicone mini muffin mould to make these cakes over on Amazon.
You can grab Sukrin Gold over on Amazon.
How many calories are in these Mini Strawberry Sponges?
There are 48 calories per portion in these Mini Strawberry Sponges which means they fall into our Everyday Light category.
These Mini Strawberry Sponges are perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet and fit well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.
As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 160 degrees.
Step 2
Add eggs and granulated sweetener into a bowl and whisk until frothy.
Step 3
Fold in the flour, baking powder and vanilla extract and divide evenly into a 9 hole silicone mini muffin mould.
Step 4
Cook for 12 minutes until golden and cooked through and then leave to cool on a wire rack.
Step 5
Whilst the cakes are cooking, make the filling. Add the quark, jam, granulated sweetener and xanthan gum into a bowl and mix well until it starts to thicken. Leave to chill in the fridge until the cakes have cooled.
Step 6
When the cakes are cooled, cut each cake in half and spread a little of the filling on the bottom half, top with a slice of strawberry then replace the top half. Add a tiny bit of filling to the top of the cake and place a strawberry slice on top.
Step 7
Dust with Sukrin icing sugar and serve!
What could I serve with these Mini Strawberry Sponges?
These Mini Strawberry Sponges are the perfect addition to any buffet table and work especially well alongside any of the following dishes:
How do you know when these Mini Strawberry Sponges are cooked?
You should cook these Mini Strawberry Sponges for around 12 minutes or until they’re golden and an inserted skewer comes out clean.
Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.
How long can you store these Mini Strawberry Sponges for?
You should keep these Mini Strawberry Sponges in a container with a lid and chill. They should last for about 2 days or so in the refrigerator.
Can you freeze these Mini Strawberry Sponges?
No, we wouldn’t recommend freezing this recipe.
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Mini Strawberry Sponges
These Mini Strawberry Sponges are a wonderful, slimming friendly sweet treat and they're lower in calories and Points than their full fat counterparts.
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Prep Time
10 MINS
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Cook Time
12 MINS
- KCals 48
- Carbs 1G
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 160 degrees.
- Whisk together the eggs and granulated sweetener into a bowl until frothy. An electric whisk is best for this.
- Fold in the flour, baking powder and vanilla extract and divide evenly into a 9 hole silicone mini muffin mould.
- Cook for 12 minutes until golden and cooked through and then leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Whilst the cakes are cooking, make the filling. Add the quark, jam, granulated sweetener and xanthan gum into a bowl and mix well until it starts to thicken. Leave to chill in the fridge until the cakes have cooled.
- When the cakes are cooled, cut each cake in half and spread a little of the filling on the bottom half, top with a slice of strawberry then replace the top half. Add a tiny bit of filling to the top of the cake and place a strawberry slice on top.
- Dust with Sukrin icing sugar and serve!
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SusanMonday 5th August 2019
Can the flour be brought from any of the supermarkets pls
Emma TTuesday 24th September 2019
Hi Susan,
Some supermarkets stock this flour, but there are lots of different brands available. We like to use a defatted coconut flour to reduce the calories so just make sure you check the nutritional values of whichever brand you choose to use ????
lindaSunday 19th May 2019
what is Xanthan Gum going to make these
CateSaturday 25th May 2019
Xanthan Gum is a gluten free thickening agent, you can pick it up in the free from section of most supermarkets or you can get it from Amazon 🙂
LindaThursday 28th June 2018
What size eggs does everybody use please. I used large and think it was too much egg. Thank you
BeckiSunday 18th March 2018
How do you have to store these- do they need to stay in the fridge because of the quark?
JaxSunday 8th October 2017
For the filling is it the Sukrin Icing Sugar or the Sukrin gold, as the ingredients state granulated sugar but ghe recipe states icing sugar. Many thanks
Aquinas DuffyThursday 24th August 2017
Hi Kate I love your recipes was wondering if i can use plain flour to make these ……
Aquinas
Louise CasellaSaturday 29th July 2017
Do you happen to know the difference between Sukrin and Sukrin 1? The Sukrin websiste recipes only refer to Sukrin?????
Emma TMonday 11th September 2017
Hi Louise,
Sukrin is the brand name – Sukrin 1 is a white sweetener, like white sugar, Sukrin Gold is a brown sweetener like brown sugar. They also make a range of reduced fat flours such as almond, coconut and peanut.
Hope that helps!
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