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Skinny. Yeah you heard right! 🙂 This cake is made with healthier ingredients. And trust me when I tell you that it is absolutely incredible. In fact, I think this is better than the original!
When I am watching what I eat, I still need a dessert or chocolate fix. By substituting just a few ingredients it cuts the calories down significantly! This Texas Sheet Cake was better than any Texas sheet cake that I have had. The applesauce and greek yogurt made it so moist. It was perfect! You can definitely not even tell that this was made with healthier ingredients.
This cake was a great way to sneak in some yummy healthy ingredients without sacrificing on taste. You can still watch what you are eating and have your chocolate cake too with this recipe! 🙂
Watch a video on how to make Skinny Texas Sheet Cake here:
Recipe adapted from The Yummy Life
Skinny Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Cake ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose white flour
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add the butter, water, and cocoa to a medium microwave safe bowl. Cook for about 2-2 ½ minutes whisking 30 seconds at a time until melted and smooth. Set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl combine eggs, yogurt and applesauce and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together. Add the warm chocolate mixture and stir to combine. Lastly add the yogurt mixture and stir again until combined. The batter may have a few lumps, but that is ok.
- Pour into an ungreased jelly roll pan (13x18) or two 9x13 baking sheets and bake for 15-20 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
To make the frosting:
- Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Add cocoa and whisk until smooth. Whisk in milk and vanilla and lastly whisk in the powdered sugar. Pour over the cake and frost to the edges. Let the cake cool completely and allow the frosting to set.
Nutrition
Serves: 40
All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.
I have been looking for this recipe for years! I’m making it tonight!
This was amazing! I couldn’t believe it was “skinny”!! My new favorite healthy dessert! Thank you for sharing.
Wow! Terrific job converting this to a Skinny version! Compared this to everything on the web and this is the best one! Thank you so much!
YAY!! That is great to hear! Thank you so much for letting me know! I am so glad that you found it! Thanks so much for following along with me! XOXO
can you send me or post nutritional info on this, please?? esp the carbs & sugar….thx Sue 😉
I have found the best way to get nutritional info on all of the recipes is through MyFitnessPal.com. You just type in the recipe and it tells you! Skinnytaste.com is also a great resource for healthy and delicious meals and provides nutritional info. Hope this helps! XOXO
Very similar to my old recipe, but replaces milk with higher protein yogurt. Making it now….but why in an untreated pan?
I was worried about not treating the pan but it came out perfect! Easy cleanup too !
Great recipe! I’ve been substituting ingredients for years. I might suggest using coconut sugar for white sugar tho. It’s easier on the pancreas for us who are more sensitive to sugar. Also, instead of using microwave, use a small pan instead of microwave. I’ve done both ways, but for some reason the pan method of melting and blending brings out the chocolate flavor, really! And yes, use real butter, not margarine.
What would b the replacement or substitute for eggs N Greek yogurt.. Do reply
This isnt a healthy cake lol. People just put applesauce and yogurt in stuff and call it healthy. There is still a cup and a half of sugar. You could make this without the applesauce and yogurt and it would actually be less calories and fat, etc. Why not add a tablespoon of flax seed to a chocolate pie and call it healthy lol.
Hi Diane! I never said this was a healthy cake. It is just replaced with some better ingredients to reduce some of the calories is all. Lightened up a bit. 🙂
Do you use vanilla greek yogurt or plain?
What are the dimensions of a “jelly roll” pan?
Jelly roll is 15 by 10
Half et pan is 13 by 18.
Half sheet pan is 13 by 18
The original is my favorite cake. I will try the skinny hope I like it that would be great to eat a healthier version. Glad I saw this! Thank you.
Does the frosting firm up enough to take them out of the baking pan and stack them on a platter?