Brown Sugar Cornmeal Cake With Sweet Yogurt Topping Food

OLD-FASHIONED BROWN SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan.
• Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir vanilla extract and almond extract into buttermilk. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the creamed butter mixture, beating well between additions.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.

SWEET LOW FAT CORNMEAL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl mix the cormeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
• In a smaller bowl mix the yogurt, oil, jam, egg, and milk.
• Mix well to break up the jam.
• Mix it until it is frothy.
• Combine the 2 mixtures carefully, just until combined.
• Spray a 9 inch round cake pan, or I use a 9 inch tart pan with a pretty edge.
• Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 30-40 minutes.
• It puffs up in the middle a bit and should be brown on the top.
• A toothpick or knife inserted in the middle should come out clean.

BROWN SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Beat well. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased and waxed paper-lined 9-in. round baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely., Meanwhile, for filling, combine brown sugar and flour in a small saucepan; stir in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the hear; stir in nuts, butter and vanilla; cool completely., Cut cake widthwise in half. Place one layer on a serving plate. Spread with filling; top with other layer. In a microwave or small saucepan, melt chocolate chips and butter with corn syrup, stirring until smooth. Cool slightly and drizzle over top of cake.