Recipe Name Lemon Yogurt Berry Cake Submitted by PolarNinja
Recipe Description A recipe updated to be heart healthy (original recipe from Smitten Kitchen, which she changed from Ina Garten).
Quantity 2 Quantity Unit small round cakes
Prep Time (minutes) 10 Cook Time (minutes) 50 Ready In (minutes) 60
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Ingredients
Amount Measure Ingredient
1 1/2
cupKing Arthur unbleached all purpose flour
2
teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2
teaspoonKosher Salt
1
cup (8 fl oz)non-fat plain yogurt
1/2
cupapplesauce, unsweetened
3
largeEggland's best eggs
2
teaspoonsMeyer Lemon zest
1
teaspoonvanilla extract/pure
1 1/2
cups, unthawedBlackberries/blueberries/raspberries, frozen, unsweetened
1/2
cupfresh Mery Lemon juice
1
tablespoonbrown sugar
Steps
Sequence Step
1Preheat oven to 350F and prepare pan(s) with baking spray.
2In mixer, combine sugar, eggs, yogurt, lemon zest, vanilla and applesauce. Whip.
3Slowly add flour, salt and baking powder to wet mixture.
4Add berries to mixture by folding in.
5Pour into pan(s) and bake on middle rack for 40-50 minutes (less time for smaller pans).
6Check with cake tester or toothpick for dry center.
7While cakes are cooking, dissolve brown sugar in lemon juice.
8Five minutes after cake is removed from oven, pour lemon juice over cakes. It may bubble and sizzle, and cakes will shrink a bit.
9Serve warm or cold, with berry sorbet, vanilla ice cream, or alone.