“She swapped sugar and butter — and the Easter cake still turned out perfect” 🍰✨ A nutritionist’s twist on the holiday classic makes it lighter, more filling, and just as delicious 🥚🌿🍽️ Curious how she did it? Full recipe and healthy tips in the article below 👇
A nutrition expert shared how to make Easter cakes both tasty and healthier at the same time.
How to Cut Calories in Easter Cake
To make the cake lighter, try replacing regular sugar with healthier options like erythritol, allulose, or stevia. Just keep in mind that some sugar is still needed in yeast-based dough so the yeast works properly.
If you want to make the cake more nutritious, switch regular flour with options like buckwheat, oat, chickpea, or almond flour. Pick just one type from this list—it’s enough to boost the benefits.
Instead of using butter, you can lower the fat by using yogurt, mashed avocado, or banana.
To make your cake more filling and rich in protein, consider adding Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, or a bit of protein powder to the recipe.
Healthy Cottage Cheese Easter Cake Recipe
You’ll need:
Whole wheat flour – 500 g
Sugar – 100 g
Dry yeast – 1 tsp
Salt – ½ tsp
Light cream (10%) – 110 ml
Water – 100 ml
Butter – 100 g
Low-fat cottage cheese (5%) – 150 g
Eggs – 2 pcs
Vanilla extract – 1 tsp
Raisins (or nuts, or chocolate chips) – 150 g
Rum (to soak the raisins) – 50 g
Sugar-free chocolate (for glaze) – 50 g
Sprinkles – to taste
How to Make It:
Soak the raisins (and nuts, if using) in rum overnight at room temperature. In the morning, drain and pat dry with a towel.
Chop the nuts and chocolate into small pieces.
In a large bowl, mix half the flour with sugar, vanilla, yeast, and salt.
Warm the cream and water to about 36–38°C. Add them to the flour mix along with the eggs, butter, and cottage cheese. Mix with a wooden spoon or a dough hook on a low speed.
Slowly add the rest of the flour and knead the dough until soft and smooth. This will take 10–15 minutes by hand or with a mixer.
Incorporate the raisins, nuts, or chocolate chips into the dough and stir them in.
Grease a clean bowl with butter, place the dough inside, and lightly grease the surface to prevent drying.
Cover the dough with a damp towel or plastic wrap and allow it to rise in a warm spot for 1 to 1.5 hours, or until it has doubled in size.
Once risen, lightly knead the dough on a floured surface.
Place the dough into baking molds, filling them halfway. Cover and let them rise for another 45–60 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 180°C. Bake for 30–50 minutes, depending on the size of the cakes, until fully baked.
Let the finished cakes cool on a rack until they reach room temperature.
This recipe is a great way to enjoy traditional Easter flavor without overloading on sugar and fat. It’s simple to make and full of warm, homemade goodness.
Would you try this healthier version of Easter cake? Let us know in the comments if you’ve made something similar or if you plan to give it a go—we’d love to hear what you think!
