Recipe - Fragrant Orange Bundt Cake

Vegetable cooking spray
One half cup Barley flour; whole grain
OR whole wheat pastry
flour
3 cup Unbleached flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
3 Egg whites
One half cup Sugar
2 cup Vanilla nonfat yogurt
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
4 tablespoon Orange juice; frozen
concentrate, thawed
1/3 cup Blanched almonds; coarsely
chopped

SYRUP
One half cup Honey
One half cup Orange juice; from frozen
concentrate, thawed

OPTIONAL GARNISHES
Orange slices; halved
Fresh strawberries
Mint leaves

Variation: Half a cup of warmed maple syrup can be substituted for the
honey orange glaze. Preheat oven to 350 F. Spray a bundt pan liberally with
vegetable cooking spray. Sift together barley flour, unbleached white
flour, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside. Place egg whites in a
large mixing bowl and whisk until light and fluffy. Gradually add the
sugar, while continuing to whisk until peaks form. Fold in yogurt, vanilla
extract, orange juice and almonds. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients. Pour
the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake in the middle of the
preheated oven 2530 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out
clean when insterted in the middle of the cake. Meanwhile, combien the
honey and orange juice in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down
the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Skim off any froth that may form on the
surfac of the syrup. Pour the warm syrup over finished ca,e. (Cake is not
yet unmolded.) Make small holes in the cake with a fork or toothpick to
help it absorb the syrup. When the cake is cooled, unmold it onto a serving
platter. Serve garnished with fresh orange slices, strawberries and mint
leaves, if desired. Nutritional Information based on 1/20th of cake:
Calories 170, Fat 1.7 grams. Cholesterol, 0 mg., Sodium 111 mg. Calcium 70
mg. Exchanges: 1 starch, One half fruit, 1 other. MC formatting by
bobbi744@sojourn.com

Recipe by: High FitLow Fat Vegetarian, '96, U of Mich Medical Center

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #862 by Roberta Banghart
bobbi744@sojourn.com on Oct 24, 1997