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Bake With Low-Calorie Sugar Substitutes, and It'll Cost You

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When mixed with ingredients: slightly sour aftertaste; did not adversely affect batter texture.

Recipe: Chocolate Cake ( http://www.wheylow.com).

Results: moist and airy crumb, good rise, shiny cake top.

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· WHOLESOME SWEETENERS BRAND ORGANIC BLUE AGAVE NECTAR (all-natural fructose extract from the blue agave plant; 15 calories per teaspoon; 23.5 ounces, $6.19, available at organic food stores and through online purveyors).

On its own: thin and syrupy, not as sweet as honey.

When mixed with ingredients: lends a honeylike taste.

Recipe: Banana Pecan Bread ( http://www.wholesomesweeteners.com).

Results: darker bread bakes longer at lower temperature; shiny exterior; moist and overly sweet.

· DOMINO PURE D'LITE (sugar, maltodextrin, acesulfame potassium, neotame; 10 calories per teaspoon; 43 ounces, $7.79, available at Safeway).

On its own: best-tasting, perhaps because it contains real sugar; long sweetness on the tongue.

When mixed with ingredients: initially crumbly dough becomes smooth-textured and quite firm when chilled.

Recipe: Christmas Sugar Cookies, without icing ( http://www.dominosugar.com).

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