Nutty Sunflower Cake
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
1.5 cups sunflower seed flour (process 1.75 cups sunflower seeds in a food processor until fine)1 tsp salt1 cup Splenda or sugar1 tsp baking powder2/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt1 tbsp vanilla extract2 tbsp lemon juice1 cup walnuts, chopped2 large eggs
This is a South Beach/low carb-compliant and gluten-free alternative for a sweet fix. While it is low carb it is a bit heavy on the fats (good fats, but fats nonetheless), so portion sizes are fairly modest. If you are doing South Beach, you can have this on phase 1; just keep in mind it satisfies the entire daily limit of nuts.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix all ingredients, except walnuts, until well combined.
Put paper liners in a mini-muffin tin, then fill each about 3/4ths full. (The final product is very moist and crumbly, so if you don't have liners to keep it contained you may opt to grease a 9" cake pan and serve it like that. It also doesn't rise much.)
Sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top of each.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
EXPERIMENT! If you want to switch up the flavor profile try switching out lemon juice for a smaller amount of lemon extract for more of a lemony punch, try adding cinnamon and nutmeg, or throw in some dried fruit such as cranberries or raisins for extra sweetness.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUEM00N.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Mix all ingredients, except walnuts, until well combined.
Put paper liners in a mini-muffin tin, then fill each about 3/4ths full. (The final product is very moist and crumbly, so if you don't have liners to keep it contained you may opt to grease a 9" cake pan and serve it like that. It also doesn't rise much.)
Sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top of each.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.
EXPERIMENT! If you want to switch up the flavor profile try switching out lemon juice for a smaller amount of lemon extract for more of a lemony punch, try adding cinnamon and nutmeg, or throw in some dried fruit such as cranberries or raisins for extra sweetness.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUEM00N.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 197.0
- Total Fat: 16.8 g
- Cholesterol: 35.4 mg
- Sodium: 252.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 9.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 6.7 g
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