Remember, it is all in the glaze!
This is a great recipe because you can make different flavors to suit your tastes. Of course you can always make it plain and it is still delicious.
Ingredients:
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, softened
- 1/2 Cup Low Fat Cream Cheese, softened
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 Large Egg White
- 2 Teaspoons Vanilla
- 3 Cups Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 (8oz) container Low Fat Lemon Yogurt
Ingredients For Glaze:
- 1/2 Cup Confectioner’s Sugar
- 4 Teaspoons Lemon Juice
Variations:
- Add 2 Cups of Blueberries
- Use 1 Teaspoon of Almond Extract and reduce Vanilla to 1 teaspoon
- Add 1 Teaspoon Coconut Flavoring and reduce vanilla to 1 teaspoon
- Add 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest (remember lemon zest is the peel of the lemon - you use a special tool to grind/scrape it off called of course, a lemon zester)
Utensils You will need:
- 1 10 inch Bundt Pan or 2 Loaf Pans
- 1 Large Bowl
- Electric Mixer
Directions:
- In large bowl, combine sugar, butter and cream cheese
- Beat on medium speed until well blended
- Add eggs one at a time
- Add egg white
- Continue to blend
- Add flavoring (vanilla, almond or coconut)
- (If using blueberries, use two tablespoons of flour and lightly toss with blueberries)
- Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and yogurt to sugar mixture
- Blend on low speed until combined then mix on medium for 1 – 2 minutes
- (if using blueberries, fold them in)
- Pour into greased Bundt (or loaf) pan
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Cool for 10 minutes then loosen sides from the pan
- Cool for another 15 minutes and remove from pan and place on wire rack
- Prepare glaze and drizzle over warm cake
Copyright © 2007 Ted W. Gross. All rights reserved. (You may publish this article in its entirety with the following author's information with live links only.)
Ted Gross's award winning cooking blog, (voted best Food Weblog 2007 & a Google Blog of Note), Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen contains recipes and humor including recipe submissions from all around the world. The recipe above, belongs to and was originally published (with images and possibly additional content) at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen - a humorous look into the adventures of a single parent who learned the hard way and with a great deal of trepidation how to cook, feed his children, friends and the rare date with a measure of dignity and (hopefully) good food - Recipes Included! And it is all KOSHER to boot!
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