Low Fat Lemon Blueberry Loaf Food

LOW FAT BLUEBERRY LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12 cup non-stick or silicone bundt pan with cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl cream together, butter, applesauce, brown sugar, white sugar and sugar substitute. Add in egg substitute and vanilla extract and mix well. It might look slightly separated but that is o.k.
• In another bowl whisk 2 1/2 cups flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.
• Add flour mixture to butter mixture in three additions, alternating with sour cream.
• Re-use flour bowl to toss blueberries and zest with remaining teaspoon flour.
• Spread batter in prepared pan.
• Bake cake on bottom rack of oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 60 to 70 minutes.
• Cool in pan 20 minutes then invert onto a wire rack.
• Make a simple glaze with icing sugar and lemon juice or dust with icing sugar just before serving.

BLUEBERRY LEMON LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
• Butter two 8 x 4 inch loaf pans and line the bottom and two long sides of the pans with parchment paper. I use one sheet and let it overhang a bit, then use the parchment to lift the loaf out of the pan when ready.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract until mixed.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt and stir with a fork.
• Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture, alternating with the milk. Mix just until combined.
• In the bowl that you mixed the flour in, add the blueberries, lemon zest and 4 tablespoons of flour, tossing gently until coated. The flour will help prevent the berries from sinking to the bottom.
• Carefully and quickly fold the berries into the batter, then divide the batter equally between the prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for between 45 - 55 minutes, or until a cake taster inserted into the centre of the loafves comes out clean.
• Cool the loaves in the pan for 15 minutes, then remove from the pan using the parchment paper handles and let cool on a rack.
• LEMON GLAZE:.
• Combine the juice and icing sugar in a bowl and beat with a mixer until smooth. Drizzle the top of the cooled loaf with the glaze, letting it pour down the sides.

MARRA'S LOW FAT SUGAR LEMON LOAF

Steps:

• Beat butter in a big bowl with sugar, Splenda and apple sauce and 1/4 cup egg substitute.
• Add the rest of egg substitute (or second egg) and beat. Add the milk.
• In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, salt and lemon peel as well as almond extract if using. . Pour into egg mixture. Mix only to wet.
• With a spoon, pour in a greased loaf pan of 8 x 4 inch.
• Cook in the oven at 350°F for 45 minutes to 1 hour until the loaf is cooked. Remove from oven and put on glaze.
• Glaze: Put lemon juice and Splenda in a small saucepan. Heat and stir to dissolve sugar. Spoon over warm loaf.
• Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove from the pan, cool and wrap.

BLUEBERRY LEMON LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF (160ºC). Line an 8.5" x 4.5" (1.5 L) loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Streusel Topping: In bowl, combine granulated and brown sugars and flour. Cut in butter until mixture is very crumbly; set aside.
• Using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, then vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, salt and lemon rind. Using wooden spoon, alternately stir dry ingredients and milk into butter mixture, making three additions of dry and two of milk. Gently fold in blueberries. Transfer to prepared pan. Sprinkle with streusel.
• Bake in centre of preheated oven for 70 to 75 minutes or until topping is golden and cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Tips:.
• If using frozen blueberries, do not thaw. Toss gently with 1 tbsp (15 mL) all purpose flour before folding into batter, to prevent the blueberries from "bleeding".
• The streusel doubles and triples well. Use on top of muffins, open-faced pies and other quick breads.