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Special Diets

airy-free: For dietary and religious them with sugar-free puddings. Or to cut
Dreasons many people forgo dairy back on sugar, omit any sugar that is
products. It can be difficult finding a added to cake mix recipes in this book.
substitute for sour cream and buttermilk, Instead of frosting the cake, dust it with
but here are some suggestions from readers: cocoa powder before serving.
Low-cholesterol: Egg substitutes can
• Add white vinegar to a nondairy
be used instead of eggs. Consult the
creamer to make buttermilk.
package directions for making this
• Tofutti makes a dairy-free sour cream
substitution. When melted butter is called
and cream cheese.
for, substitute canola oil. And if desired,
Sugar-free: Sugar-free cake mixes are omit half the oil and use applesauce,
available in most supermarkets. Frost pumpkin, or mashed banana instead.

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven 3. Bake the cake until it springs back
and preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly when lightly pressed with your finger, 48 to
mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable 52 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven
oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20
the excess flour. Set the pan aside. minutes. Run a long, sharp knife around
the edge of the cake and invert it onto a
2. Place the cake mix, pudding mix,
rack to cool completely, 20 minutes more.
yogurt, water, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a
large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric 4. Slide the cake onto a serving platter
mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the
and slice.
machine and scrape down the sides of the
bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase the Store this cake, wrapped in plastic
mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes wrap or aluminum foil, or in a cake saver
more, scraping the sides down again if or under a glass dome, at room tempera-
needed. The batter should look thick and ture for up to 1 week. Or freeze it,
well combined. Pour the batter into the pre- wrapped in foil, for up to 6 months. Thaw
pared pan, smoothing it out with the rub- the cake overnight in the refrigerator
ber spatula. Place the pan in the oven. before serving.