Recipe Makeovers

Lighter, healthier, but just as tasty: See how we made over these favorite dishes.

Recipe Makeover: Holiday Classics

We lightened eight seasonal favorites for a good-for-you holiday spread.

Cranberry Upside-Down Cake with Cognac Cream

Randy Mayor, Text: Holly V. Kapherr

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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake with Cognac Cream

The tart cranberries and crunchy pecans serve as an effective contrast to the sweetness of this cake, rendering it a true holiday star. A significant reduction of butter cut 14 grams of fat from the original recipe, and substituting fat-free whipped topping for the original whipping cream shaved off another 19.6 grams of fat―per slice.

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