Blueberry Cream-Cheese Coffee Cake (Low Fat)
This low-fat version blueberry cream cheese coffee cake tastes delicious and super moist. By using most whole wheat flour, some olive oil, apple sauce and a bit butter makes a much healthier cake that still has great flavor and texture.
This low-fat version blueberry cream cheese coffee cake tastes delicious and super moist. By using most whole wheat flour, some olive oil, apple sauce and a bit butter makes a much healthier cake that still has great flavor and texture.
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ¼ | cups |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| ⅓ | cup |
canola oil
or light olive oil, grape seed oil |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
applesauce
natural, unsweetened |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
butter, unsalted
melted |
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 8 | ounces |
cream cheese (reduced-fat)
1 package, softened |
*
|
| 1 | cup |
milk
low-fat |
|
| 2 | cups |
whole-wheat flour
|
|
| ½ | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
lemon zest
divided |
|
| 2 | cups |
blueberries
frozen or fresh |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 296 | ml |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 79 | ml |
canola oil
or light olive oil, grape seed oil |
|
| 45 | ml |
applesauce
natural, unsweetened |
|
| 45 | ml |
butter, unsalted
melted |
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 231.2 | ml/g |
cream cheese (reduced-fat)
1 package, softened |
*
|
| 237 | ml |
milk
low-fat |
|
| 473 | ml |
whole-wheat flour
|
|
| 118 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 15 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 10 | ml |
lemon zest
divided |
|
| 473 | ml |
blueberries
frozen or fresh |
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, apple sauce and butter until well blended.
Add eggs, cream cheese and milk, whisk until well mixed.
In a separate bowl, combine flours, the baking powder, salt and lemon zest.
Pour liquid mixture into flour mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until just incorporated and moistened.
Fold in blueberries gently.
Pour into a well greased 9-by-13-by-2-inch pan.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into center comes out clean.
Let cool in pan on wire rack.
Cut into squares and serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.
17 gms of fat per serving is now considered low fat? no wonder there is an obesity epidemic
almost 9 years ago