Diabetic Recipe of the Week: Vanilla Pound Cake With Black Cherry Sauce

Makes: 16 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients
Cake
Nonstick baking spray with flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 large egg whites, at room temperature
1/2 cup fat-free or low fat (1%) buttermilk
1 4 oz. jar pear baby food
1 vanilla bean split lengthwise, seed scraped, or 1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 Tbsp. canola oil
1 cup sugar
Black Cherry Sauce
1 12 oz. package frozen pitted dark sweet cherries, thawed
1/2 cup water
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
Grated zest of 1 lime
Preparation
1. To make the cake, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 10 cup Bundt pan with nonstick baking spray with flour.
2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Whisk the eggs and egg whites in another medium bowl until frothy. Whisk in the buttermilk, pear baby food, and vanilla until blended.
3. With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and oil in a large bowl until blended, about 1 minute. Gradually add the sugar and beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
4. Reduce the speed to low. Alternately add the flour mixture and the egg mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating just until blended.
5. Scrape the batter into the pan; spread evenly. Bake until a tootpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a rack 10 minutes.
6. Remove the cake from the pan and let cool completely on the rack.
7. Meanwhile, to make the cherry sauce, bring the cherries, water, sugar, cornstarch, and lime zest to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until the sauce bubbles and thickens, about 1 minute. Transfer the sauce to a bowl (makes 2 cups). Serve with the cake.
This recipe appeared in the Fall 2012 issue of Diabetes & You from Walgreens.
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