Blueberry Yogurt Cake With Lemon Glaze - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    cake
    1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
    1/4 cup cornmeal
    2 teaspoons baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup light brown sugar
    1/3 cup grapeseed oil
    2 tablespoons Cointreau liqueur (optional)
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 large eggs, at room temperature
    7 ounces low-fat Greek yogurt
    2/3 cup blueberries
    glaze
    3 tablespoons lemon juice
    2 tablespoons light brown sugar
    1 tablespoon Cointreau liqueur (optional)
Preparation
    To make cake: Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F Grease and flour 9x5 inch loaf pan.
    Sift together 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons flour, cornmeal, baking powder, and salt in bowl.
    Beat brown sugar; oil; Cointreau, if using; and vanilla in separate bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs.
    Alternately add flour mixture and yogurt to egg mixture until combined.
    Toss blueberries with remaining 1 tablespoon flour, and fold into batter. Pour into prepared pan, and bake 70 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.
    To make glaze: Whisk together all ingredients in small bowl. If not using Cointreau, add 1 tablespoon water.
    Unmold cake, and poke top all over with wooden skewer. Brush cake with glaze. Cool completely before serving.

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