Monday, March 25, 2013

Walnut Coffee Cake lightened with Agave Nectar

Coffee Cake lightened with Agave Nectar







I enjoyed baking this evening tried some low sugar coffee cake made with agave nectar.You can bake using a mixture of all purpose flour and  wheat flour...good combination to get some extra fiber!

Ingredients
2 Cups Flour(1 Wheat & 1 All purpose)3 Eggs1 stick Butter or use 1/2 cup oil and 2 tbs apple sauce1/2 cup Sugar1/4 cup Agave Nectar1/2 cup Milk or a little more2 tsp Baking powderPinch of Salt1 tsp Vanilla essencePinch of Nutmeg 1/2 cup WalnutsOil to spray the pan
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees ,spray the  pan liberally dust with some flour.
  • Separate the eggs in 2 Bowls
  • Take a bowl cream the butter,egg yolks,agave nectar and sugar till nice and fluffy stir in milk and vanilla essence
  • Combine the flour ,baking powder and a pinch of salt and nutmeg  fold in the fluffy butter mixture 
  • Add the egg whites ,gently stir and pour into the greased pan
  • Add chopped walnuts dusted with some flour liberally on the cake and bake approximately for 35- 45 minutes...or until a tooth pick comes out clean.





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