Chocolate Banana Cake

ONE
1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
3/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt

TWO
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 T olive oil
2 egg whites
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 t vanilla extract
3 mashed overripe bananas

Pre-heat the oven to 350F. Ligthtly grease and flour a cake pan. In a bowl, mix the ingredients in ONE. In a separate bowl, combine the ingredients in TWO. Fold TWO into ONE and pour the batter into the pan. Bake for about 40 minutes or until firm.

From lowfatcooking.about.com

Vegan Chocolate-Ginger Cake

ONE
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt

TWO
1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 t vanilla

THREE
1/3 cup crystallized ginger, minced

Preheat the oven to 355F. lightly oil and grease a small cake tin or muffin pan if making muffins. In a bowl, shift the ingredients in ONE. In a separate bowl, combine the ingredients in TWO. Fold the wet into the dry ingredients. Add THREE.  Pour the batter into the pan. Bake for about 20 minutes (cake) or 10 (muffins) or until set.

Original in Southern in Law

Fat-Free Cardamom Cocoa Cookies

ONE
2 cups flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa powder
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1/2 t cardamom

TWO
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt
1/4 cup + 2 T water
1 t vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 325F. Lightly grease three cookie sheets. In a bowl, combine the ingredients in ONE. In a different bowl, combine the ingredients in TWO. Fold the wet into the dry ingredients and mix. Drop tablespoons of the batter onto the prepared pans, leaving enough space between them. Bake from 10 minutes, take them out and flatten them with a spoon. Bake for 5 more minutes. Remove from the oven, allow to cool for a few minutes, and transfer to a cooling rack.

Original in http://cardamomhq.com

Fat-Free Chewy Chocolate Cookies

ONE
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa (unsweetened)
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt

TWO
1/2 cup rice syrup
3 egg whites
*Next time I will be trying these with chopped dried cranberries!

Preheat the oven to 350F and lightly oil two baking sheets. In a bowl, mix the ingredients in ONE. In a separate bowl, mix the ingredients in TWO. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well into a sticky butter. Drop round teaspoons of the batter onto the sheet leaving enough room around each ball. Bake for 8 minutes, then allow to cool on a cooling rack. Do not over-bake. 

Adapted from recipe in cooks.com