I was a baking fool this morning. For breakfast, I celebrated the kids being at their grandparents' house with a huge, beautiful fruit salad, eggs and this blueberry coffee cake that I saw on "Healthy Appetite" the other day. There's only 2 T. of butter and the moisture comes from yogurt instead of sour cream...so good for you! While the oven was on and I had spotting bananas, I made banana bread, too. I posted that recipe because it's a must-have.
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup fresh blueberries, or frozen and thawed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8-inch square cake pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar, butter and oil until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating until fully combined. Beat in the vanilla and yogurt.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and whole-wheat flours, the baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, in 2 batches, stirring until just combined. (do not overmix or your coffee cake will be tough)
In a separate small bowl, stir together the granulated sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.
Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle half of the nut mixture over the batter and top with the blueberries, gently pressing them into the batter. Spoon the rest of the batter into the pan, smoothing the top. Sprinkle the remaining nut mixture over the cake, pressing gently. Bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool slightly and cut the cake into 2-inch squares.
Per Serving: (serving size, 1 piece) Calories 210; Total Fat 8.5 g; (Sat Fat 2 g, Mono Fat 2.5 g, Poly Fat 3 g) ; Protein 5 g; Carb 30 g; Fiber 2 g; Cholesterol 41 mg; Sodium 230 mg

2 comments:
YUM!
I am loving your recipes - they're making me hungry! I want to try them all right now! :) The pancakes, the zucchini, the banana bread, and the blueberry coffee cake... Thanks for sharing all of them!
I will post and link to you when I try them... it might be a few weeks before I get around to them all!
Ohhh, I have a bunch of currants that I picked at a friends house. I bet if I tossed them with some sugar first, and maybe pumped up the sweetness of the cake a bit this would be a good recipe for them.
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