Replacing butter and sugar in cakes.

[Amity]

I use Nuttelex. It's dairy free and much better for you (apparently) than other "margarines/butters". Based on vegetable oils. I actually find for my cookies... it's much much better than butter.

Have you tried Stevia instead of sugar? Or "smart sugar" which is a blend of Stevia and sugar?

[Astrid]

Brown sugar is really only a taste/texture substitute. The calories are about the same. According to Calorie King 100g of white sugar has 383 calories compared to 400 calories for brown.

[anney]

There are alot of carrot cakes that have oil instead of butter, so perhaps you could try that.