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Portions:
10
Serving
Size:
1/10th recipe
- Diet
Types:
- CKD non-dialysis
- Diabetes
- Dialysis
- Lower Protein
Ingredients
- 10 ounces of pound cake, prepared
- 12 ounces regular cream cheese
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely grated
- 4 ounces brewed espresso
Preparation
- Using a serrated knife, cut pound cake into 10 equal slices and set aside.
- Mix cream cheese, vanilla and sugar with electric mixer until smooth.
- Combine cocoa and grated chocolate in a separate bowl and set aside.
- Pour espresso into a shallow dish.
- Dip both sides of 4 pieces of pound cake into the espresso, then place in bottom of 8" loaf pan. Break up pieces, if necessary, in order to coat bottom of pan.
- Gently spread 1/3 of cream cheese mixture over cake layer. Sprinkle with 1/3 cocoa mixture. Repeat procedure with remaining slices, cream cheese mixture and cocoa mixture to make 3 layers.
- Refrigerate 2 hours, then cut into 10 pieces and serve.
Helpful hints
- A 10-ounce prepared pound cake is the smaller size.
- This is a low phosphorus version of traditional tiramisu.
- To reduce carbohydrates and fat, use sugar substitute instead of sugar and replace regular cream cheese with low-fat cream cheese. You can also adjust to a smaller portion size.
Nutrients per serving
Calories 304
Protein 4 g
Carbohydrates 27 g
Fat 20 g
Cholesterol 72 mg
Sodium 196 mg
Potassium 118 mg
Phosphorus 85 mg
Calcium 36 mg
Fiber 0.7 g
Renal and renal diabetic food choices
- 1 starch
- 4 fat
- 1 high calorie
Carbohydrate choices
2
Submitted by: DaVita renal dietitian Leslie from Kentucky.
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