Thursday, January 14, 2010

Lemon-Yogurt Snack Cake

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
3 Tbsp Cornmeal
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Poppy Seeds
3/4 cup Sugar
1 Tbsp Grated Lemon Zest
1/4 cup Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 cup Plain Lowfat Yogurt
1/3 cup Vegetable Oil (consider Smart Balance)
1 Large Egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan. In a bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in poppy seeds. In second bowl, whisk together sugar, lemon zest and juice, yogurt, oil, egg and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into yogurt mixture until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Transfer cake to a wire rack and let cool 10 minutes, then turn out of pan onto rack and let cool completely.