Fragrant orange bundt cake

20 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Vegetable cooking spray
½ cup Barley flour; whole grain OR- whole wheat pastry flour
3 cups Unbleached flour
2 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
3 Egg whites
½ cup Sugar
2 cups Vanilla nonfat yogurt
½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
4 tablespoons Orange juice; frozen concentrate, thawed
⅓ cup Blanched almonds; coarsely chopped
½ cup Honey
½ cup Orange juice; from frozen concentrate, thawed
Orange slices; halved
Fresh strawberries
Mint leaves

Directions

SYRUP

OPTIONAL GARNISHES

Variation: Half a cup of warmed maple syrup can be substituted for the honey orange glaze. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a bundt pan liberally with vegetable cooking spray. Sift together barley flour, unbleached white flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside. Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl and whisk until light and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar, while continuing to whisk until peaks form. Fold in yogurt, vanilla extract, orange juice and almonds. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake in the middle of the preheated oven 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean when insterted in the middle of the cake. Meanwhile, combien the honey and orange juice in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Skim off any froth that may form on the surfac of the syrup. Pour the warm syrup over finished ca,e. (Cake is not yet unmolded.) Make small holes in the cake with a fork or toothpick to help it absorb the syrup. When the cake is cooled, unmold it onto a serving platter. Serve garnished with fresh orange slices, strawberries and mint leaves, if desired. Nutritional Information based on 1/20th of cake: Calories 170, Fat 1.7 grams. Cholesterol, 0 mg., Sodium 111 mg. Calcium 70 mg. Exchanges: 1 starch, ½ fruit, 1 other. MC formatting by bobbi744@...

Recipe by: High Fit-Low Fat Vegetarian, '96, U of Mich Medical Center Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #862 by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on Oct 24, 1997

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