Monday, January 24, 2011

Lightened Hummingbird Cake

Southern style favorites often carry more calories than most of us want to know about.Southern Living has slimmed down a whole bunch of southern dishes in their Lightened Southern Classics article. Here is one for Banana Pudding.


Lightened Hummingbird Cake

We lowered the fat and calories by substituting applesauce for some of the oil, using less butter and sugar, fewer eggs, and substituting light for regular cream cheese.

Yield: 20 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 3 cups plus 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour, divided
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 3/4 cups mashed banana (about 5 to 6)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
  • Cream Cheese Frosting

Preparation

Coat 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with cooking spray; sprinkle 2 teaspoons flour evenly into pans, shaking to coat.

Combine remaining 3 cups flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir together eggs, applesauce, and oil; add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Do not beat.) Stir in mashed banana, vanilla extract, and pineapple. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.

Bake at 350° for 23 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool layers in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove layers from pans; cool completely on wire racks.

Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

Orginia Hummingbird cake per slice: Calories 476 (45% from fat); Fat 24g (sat. 7.6); Chol 57mg; Sodium 191mg.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
407 (21% from fat)
Fat:
9.5g (sat 2.9g,mono 3.2g,poly 2.1g)
Protein:
4.6g
Carbohydrate:
78g
Fiber:
1.7g
Cholesterol:
33mg
Iron:
1.3mg
Sodium:
184mg
Calcium:
31mg
Southern Living, FEBRUARY 2001

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