Lo's blueberry coffee cake

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup non-fat milk
  • 1/2 cup yogurt, non-fat vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons lemon peel (grated, yellow only)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh (or frozen unsweetened) blueberries

Topping Ingredients:

  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/8 cup walnuts (coarsely chopped)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Position rack in the center of the oven.
  2. In a large bowl whisk together the egg, milk, yogurt, oil and lemon peel.
  3. Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt onto the liquid ingredients. Using a fork, stir very lightly, just until ingredients are combined.
  4. Gently fold in the blueberries. Pour the batter into an 8- or 9-inch baking pan coated with nonstick spray.
  5. In a small bowl combine the topping ingredients. Sprinkle evenly over the cake batter.
  6. Bake a 400 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Allow the cake to cool in the baking pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes.
  8. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Tips and variations

When tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, this coffee cake will keep for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator. It also freezes very well.

Nutritional info

Calories
278
Total fat
7 g
Saturated fat
1 g
Cholesterol
24 mg
Sodium
415 mg
Total carbohydrates
49 g
Dietary fiber
2 g
Protein
6 g
Total sugar
23 g
Allergens
Tree nuts