Madeleines, soft chocolate… Here are 15 regressive desserts in a light version

Desserts are good, but also often too fat and too sweet. Indeed, foods such as butter, sugar, egg yolk, cream and flour are some of the key foods in these recipes. Unfortunately, these products are also high in calories. However, fats and sugar, consumed in large quantities, are detrimental to the well-being of the body.

Fortunately, there are alternatives to lighten desserts and other cakes, without losing their delicacy. So here are some tips for replacing the fattier and/or sweeter foods in desserts.

Fats can be replaced by:

• soy yogurt : replaces oil and butter, and makes the recipe more digestible.
• a mashed banana : is used in a cake batter, and allows it to maintain its softness. Bananas also have many benefits.
• apple sauce : can be used to replace half the portion of butter in a dessert, which will keep the same texture, while being much less fatty.
• almond puree : ideal replacement for fat in any sweet dish, thanks to its polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are good for your health.

The fresh cream can be replaced by:

• cottage cheese : gives volume to the dessert, while being much less oily than heavy cream.
• unsweetened condensed milk : it lightens the dish, while retaining the smoothness of the cream.
• ricotta : this Italian product is a very light fresh cheese, which provides an ideal substitute in a raw or cooked preparation.

Sugar can be replaced by:

• agave syrup : its sweetening power is higher than that of white sugar, while having a lower glycemic index.
• fruit puree : replaces sugar in any sweet dessert, while providing a good taste of fruit.
• coconut sugar : it is used particularly in fruit desserts, and it has a very low glycemic index.

The egg yolk can be replaced by:

• egg white : it is possible to put a whole egg, rather than 2 egg yolks.
• L’agar agar : this natural gelling agent, derived from seaweed, will give consistency to creams and desserts.

The flour can be replaced by:

• cornstarch : made from cornstarch, it is much lighter than flour.
• vegetable flours : they bring a new taste to the preparation, but they can nevertheless modify its texture. It is possible to use them to replace part of the flour needed in a recipe.

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