Hi everyone. So I would like to make a special IP treat for me and husband for Valentine's Day. The kids will be scarfing down their chocolates and thought it would be nice to try one of the cakes I see recipes for.

Hoping people could chime in on what works best and tastes best for a chocolate cake. I have not been a fan of the pudding taste and do not know if that comes through on cakes. Any other product I should try? I need to buy stuff at Thursday weigh in and was hoping for some opinions on favourite treats out of IP stuff. Thanks.

I would use the Mug Cake recipe:
1 pkg Chocolate Drink ( replace with other drinks try with vanilla drink)
1 egg white
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon olive oil (I use 2 tsp)
1 teaspoon splenda (or sweeten with other sweetener to taste )
Splash of vanilla
Put the drink mix in a big mug Add enough water to bring it to a slightly watery pudding consistency, just enough to be able to mix easily Add other ingredients (egg white, baking powder, olive oil, splenda, vanilla ) Mix it like crazy with a big fork till it's silky smooth Put it in the microwave for 3 minutes ON TOP OF A BIG PLATE Watch as it expands like crazy Let cool

I put mine in a bowl so it doesnt run over. I also add sugar free Da Vinci or Torani syrups over top when it comes out of the microwave to change up the flavors.

I used the chocolate crepes to make myself a birthday cake and iced it with vanilla pudding. I drizzled WF choc sauce on top for the "purty" part
It wasnt' super fantastic, but it was a treat that looked/tasted like cake

Thank you both for the ideas. I have not attempted any "cakes" from anything yet. Little worried about the mug cake as I have heard some people have difficulty with it. Can you not bake it?

I do like the idea of using the chocolate drink though as I usually buy those anyway. Don't really want to spend $28 on something I won't regularily use, and probably don't need to make chocolate cakes really often either as it feeds on my weakness. But as a special treat, then it's something to look forward too.

Are the chocolate crepes restricted? I am guessing probably. Did you bake this?

There's a recipe for making chocolate cookies and muffins from the drink mix too. I think the muffin recipe has zuccini in it. You could really kick it up with a little WF choc or caramel syrup! Oh, and there is a recipe for chocolate bark from the drink mix too! Super easy

Chocolate Bark Recipe:

IP chocolate pudding (or any pudding of your choice)
(the next 2 ingredients are not needed if you are not doing the choc pudding)
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1tbsp instant coffee

2 tsp splenda or stevia
8 oz of water (depending on consistency, could be less)

Shake, pour in aluminum pie plates or place on parchment paper on cookie sheet.
Freeze (30-45min)
Take out of freezer, break chocolate into pieces
Place in container, keep in freezer.

How about the Rhubarb Crisp? Plus its red, which goes quite well with that days theme.

http://www.lamberjules.com/recipes/i...-crisp-recipe/

The chocolate cakes ARE restricted so you may not want a box of them. I can buy individual packs at my clinic. Yep- just baked it. I was actually camping so my boys baked it for me in a tinfoil pan stuck in the BBQ so no idea what temp, but I'd say 350 for 8 min works for the cookies, so a bit longer maybe for a cake? 10-12 min??

Kitkat - this is off topic - but just wanted to thank you for the red cabbage recipe you posted a while back. I made it for the first time today, and it's really good! It will definitely be a repeater. Thx!

HOLY COW -- I am so excited to use this recipe -- Fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing!!

Well, not so off topic. Red cabbage could add to the Valentines day red themed meal! Glad you enjoyed it.

Mmm I think I want to try that chocolate bark too. Sounds really good. I did just recently try the rhubarb crumble for the first time. Boy was that rhubarb tart. I had to keep adding splenda just to get it down. Maybe stevia might be better for that? I need to source some of that out as I just felt I was using way to much splenda.

Try adding WF Strawberry Syrup to the rhubarb crisp and make it a Strawberry-Rhubarb crisp.