Healthier Pound Cake Food

HEALTHIER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place butter in a saucepan over low heat to melt; set aside. Place cottage cheese in a food processor or blender and pulse until pureed and no lumps remain; set aside.
• Fit stand mixer with a paddle attachment and add melted butter, cottage cheese and sugar into stand mixer bowl. Mix on medium-low for 1 minutes or until well combined. Add in vanilla and salt and mix until well combined. While mixer is running, add eggs in one at time and mix well after each addition. Turn mixer down to low and keep mixer running while gradually adding in flour.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F until golden and a toothpick inserted comes out almost clean, approximately 60-70 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out cake onto a cooling rack with topside down. Cool completely before cutting.

LEMONY YOGURT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat an 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with baking spray. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Put the sugar and lemon zest in another bowl and rub the lemon zest into the sugar with your fingers. Add the yogurt, milk, olive oil, vanilla, egg whites and whole egg and vigorously whisk until well blended. Add the flour mixture into the egg mixture and fold until just incorporated. Transfer to the prepared pan. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes, and then unmold and cool to room temperature.

WEIGHT WATCHERS VANILLA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Coat a 9-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, vanilla extract and almond extract; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until blended.
• Beat in sugar, baking powder and salt until blended.
• Beat in flour and egg mixture, little by little, beginning and ending with flour.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 55 to 65 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a wire rack.
• Cut into 12 slices and serve.
• Yields 1 slice per serving.