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
Ingredients
Amount
Measure
Ingredient
1
1/2
cup
King Arthur unbleached all purpose flour
2
teaspoons
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
Kosher Salt
1
cup (8 fl oz)
non-fat plain yogurt
1/2
cup
applesauce, unsweetened
3
large
Eggland's best eggs
2
teaspoons
Meyer Lemon zest
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract/pure
1
1/2
cups, unthawed
Blackberries/blueberries/raspberries, frozen, unsweetened
1/2
cup
fresh Mery Lemon juice
1
tablespoon
brown sugar
Steps
Sequence
Step
1
Preheat oven to 350F and prepare pan(s) with baking spray.
2
In mixer, combine sugar, eggs, yogurt, lemon zest, vanilla and applesauce. Whip.
3
Slowly add flour, salt and baking powder to wet mixture.
4
Add berries to mixture by folding in.
5
Pour into pan(s) and bake on middle rack for 40-50 minutes (less time for smaller pans).
6
Check with cake tester or toothpick for dry center.
7
While cakes are cooking, dissolve brown sugar in lemon juice.
8
Five minutes after cake is removed from oven, pour lemon juice over cakes. It may bubble and sizzle, and cakes will shrink a bit.
9
Serve warm or cold, with berry sorbet, vanilla ice cream, or alone.