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Taste Test Tuesday: Hostess 100 Calorie Packs Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
They are darn cute, I'll give you that! Each 100 calorie pack contains 3 mini cakes - emphasis on the word "mini." Each mini cake is worth 1 hefty bite or two petite bites each. The serving size (32 grams weight) does compare to one regular Hostess Crumb Coffee Cake (32 grams weight).
The Mini Cakes are lighter in calories (calories go from 130 to 100 calories less), fat grams (fat goes from 5 to 3 grams), saturated fat (saturated fat goes from 2 to .5 grams), and sugar (sugar goes from 10 to 7 grams).
Fiber is higher though in the mini cakes. Regular Crumb Coffee Cake has zero fiber whereas the mini cakes contribute 5 grams of fiber per serving of 3 mini cakes. The fiber appears to be coming mainly from these added ingredients:
The first five ingredients are: enriched bleached wheat flour, sugar, polydextrose, water, egg whites
How did it taste? Pretty good. The texture was nice and moist but there was a subtle banana flavor that my daughter and I both detected. We happen to not like the taste of banana so that wasn't a pleasant surprise for us. I couldn't find anything in the ingredient list, except "natural flavors" that could possibly explain the mystery banana flavor.
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The Mini Cakes are lighter in calories (calories go from 130 to 100 calories less), fat grams (fat goes from 5 to 3 grams), saturated fat (saturated fat goes from 2 to .5 grams), and sugar (sugar goes from 10 to 7 grams).
Fiber is higher though in the mini cakes. Regular Crumb Coffee Cake has zero fiber whereas the mini cakes contribute 5 grams of fiber per serving of 3 mini cakes. The fiber appears to be coming mainly from these added ingredients:
- Cottonseed fiber
- Guar gum
- Cellulose gum
The first five ingredients are: enriched bleached wheat flour, sugar, polydextrose, water, egg whites
How did it taste? Pretty good. The texture was nice and moist but there was a subtle banana flavor that my daughter and I both detected. We happen to not like the taste of banana so that wasn't a pleasant surprise for us. I couldn't find anything in the ingredient list, except "natural flavors" that could possibly explain the mystery banana flavor.
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3 Comments:
All of the Hostess 100 Cal packs taste really good, and they have a lot of fiber too. The only thing I don't like is one of the ingredients is beef fat. That just sounds yucky.
Hostess has 100 calorie pack strawberry cakes with cream cheeseicing that are so delicious!
Why not make your own healthy mini muffins? These are enjoyed by our grandchildren and our B&B guests - low in fat and sugar!
INGREDIENTS
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 cups wheat bran
* 1/4 cup wheat germ
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 2 eggs, lightly beaten
* 1/4 cup molasses
* 1/4 cup vegetable oil
* 1 1/2 cups milk
* 1 1/4 cups grated carrots
* 1/2 cup chopped and toasted walnuts (optional)
* 1/2 cup chopped raisins (optional)
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). "Pam" 36 mini muffin cups, or use paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, bran, wheat germ, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl, mix together eggs, molasses, vegetable oil, milk, and grated carrots. Pour into well, and mix just until moistened. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly tapped.
These freeze well. I add 1/4 t. cloves too because we like the spicy flavour.
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