Friday, February 4, 2011

BLUEBERRY YOGURT CAKE

1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 - 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
1 cup blueberries
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts

1.  Preheat oven to 350 F.  In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter with sugar until light and fluffy.  Beat in eggs and vanilla.

2.  In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir into butter mixture.  Add yogurt and mix gently stir in blueberries.

3.  In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and walnuts.  Pour half the cake batter into a buttered and floured 8-inch square baking pan.  Sprinkle with half the brown sugar mixture and top with the remaining batter.

4.  Combine the remaining brown sugar mixture with 2 tablespoons butter and sprinkle over the top of the batter.  Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Yield: Makes 6 generous servings

6 comments:

  1. This sounds delicious! Thanks for the recipe - we'll have to try it. My hubby LOVES blueberries.

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  2. This looks and sounds fantastic. I would like to try it. Thank you for sharing the recipe.

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  3. This sounds so good. I may need to make this for our morning playgroup.

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  4. Blueberries and the crunchiness of nuts, what a great combo!Delcious!
    http://yvettesblogs.com/2011/03/07/tarts-with-zing/

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