Makeover Breakfast Cake Recipe

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This yummy Makeover Breakfast Cake, a family favorite for years, now has about half the fat and a fourth fewer calories. That’s something to crow about! Nancy Taylor - Sedro Woolley, WA

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Makeover Breakfast Cake Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 20 Servings

20 25 45

Ingredients

1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
2 tablespoons canola oil
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup oat bran
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
TOPPING:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the buttermilk, sugar, applesauce, eggs and oil until well blended. Combine the flours, oat bran, flax, cinnamon, baking powder, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into buttermilk mixture until blended.
Coat a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with cooking spray and sprinkle with flour; add batter. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. Serve warm. Yield: 20 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 193 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 25 mg cholesterol, 209 mg sodium, 36 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Makeover Breakfast Cake in Healthy Cooking August/September 2009, p22