Taste Test Tuesday: Size Does Matter
Weight Watchers Lemon Cake (individually wrapped)
Personally I would rather bake cakes and such at home and use all the ingredients I like to use (whole wheat flour, canola oil, higher omega-3 eggs, etc.) But I'm not a ninny. I recognize the sheer convenience of buying individually wrapped bakery items at the store to stash in your desk at the office or surprise your family members in their lunchbox.
It is with this in mind that I bought a box of Weight Watchers Lemon Cake (individually wrapped). In my mind I was picturing a lemon cake version of the raspberry Zingers from my youth and the "1 point per cake" designation on the box was very impressive. I was about to experience two BIG disappointments.
Disappointment #1
With high expectations I opened the box and pulled out a pitifully sized mini version of a lemon cake "zinger"... the first thing that came to mind was "SIZE DOES MATTER!" If a Twinkie had an itty-bitty baby, this would be it!
I proceeded to measure this mini cake in bites and inches. It is 2 1/2 inches long and about 4 bites worth. I guess you get what you pay for in POINTS and since it's only 1 point, what more should I expect to get? I will say though, that I do know a few people who buy these and they tend to eat 2 or 3 in a sitting. So just know that going in.
Disappointment #2
I was half expecting some type of creamy Twinkie-like filling when I bit into my first lemon cake... not that the box said that it would have it. It was just a secret hope, that's all. Again though, did I really think I would get that for just 1 point?
How did it taste once I got past the disappointing size and lack of creamy filling? It tasted quite nice. I would recommend putting them in your refrigerator. There's something about enjoying them chilled that works.
1 Lemon cake (27 grams) =
80 calories
2.5 g fat
1 g saturated fat
0 g trans fat
1 g protein
14 g carbohydrate (10 g sugar)
2 g fiber
5 mg cholesterol
90 mg sodium
Size does matter, though.
~~Elaine
Related Topics:Diet Plans and Programs, Snack Attack: 10 Ways to Lose Weight
Technorati Tags: weightwatchers, snackcakes, 1point, lemonsnackcake
Personally I would rather bake cakes and such at home and use all the ingredients I like to use (whole wheat flour, canola oil, higher omega-3 eggs, etc.) But I'm not a ninny. I recognize the sheer convenience of buying individually wrapped bakery items at the store to stash in your desk at the office or surprise your family members in their lunchbox.
It is with this in mind that I bought a box of Weight Watchers Lemon Cake (individually wrapped). In my mind I was picturing a lemon cake version of the raspberry Zingers from my youth and the "1 point per cake" designation on the box was very impressive. I was about to experience two BIG disappointments.
Disappointment #1
With high expectations I opened the box and pulled out a pitifully sized mini version of a lemon cake "zinger"... the first thing that came to mind was "SIZE DOES MATTER!" If a Twinkie had an itty-bitty baby, this would be it!
I proceeded to measure this mini cake in bites and inches. It is 2 1/2 inches long and about 4 bites worth. I guess you get what you pay for in POINTS and since it's only 1 point, what more should I expect to get? I will say though, that I do know a few people who buy these and they tend to eat 2 or 3 in a sitting. So just know that going in.
Disappointment #2
I was half expecting some type of creamy Twinkie-like filling when I bit into my first lemon cake... not that the box said that it would have it. It was just a secret hope, that's all. Again though, did I really think I would get that for just 1 point?
How did it taste once I got past the disappointing size and lack of creamy filling? It tasted quite nice. I would recommend putting them in your refrigerator. There's something about enjoying them chilled that works.
1 Lemon cake (27 grams) =
80 calories
2.5 g fat
1 g saturated fat
0 g trans fat
1 g protein
14 g carbohydrate (10 g sugar)
2 g fiber
5 mg cholesterol
90 mg sodium
Size does matter, though.
~~Elaine
Related Topics:Diet Plans and Programs, Snack Attack: 10 Ways to Lose Weight
Technorati Tags: weightwatchers, snackcakes, 1point, lemonsnackcake
4 Comments:
Agree with your comments--the WW lemon cakes are tiny, but tasty! Elaine H.
Since 1 point is equivalent to approximately 50 calories, those tiny lemon cakes more acurately cost you 2 points.... at the very least, realize that you are consuming 1 and 2/3 points. Multiply that by 3 cakes if that is the average number eaten at a sitting (since they are SO tiny), and you have now eaten a whopping 5 points!!!
What you are not taking into consideration, is that this is supposed to be a SNACK!! A little sinful taste, not a meal. It is far better than eatting an oatmeal pie that is 4pts.
Don't just look at the calorie and fat content list - check the ingredients.
If it reads like a chemistry experiment, it isn't healthy, no matter how few "points" it has.
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