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[Retrograde]

8. Leave off the frosting

and you'll omit a lot of calories. Cakes usually freeze well: I get into the mood to make lemon poppyseed cake every so often, but I cut them into slices and freeze them in 2-4 serving portions. Mr. Retrograde recently made a 9X13" pan of brownies recently. We took some to a gathering today, have had one small piece each for dessert the last two days, and have the rest in the fridge for later.

I've found that in many cake recipes you can use only 3/4 or 1/2 the sugar called for in the recipe - that will cut a lot of calories. IMHO, 4 cups of sugar to 8 oz cream cheese - which is about a cup - is way too much.