Save-The-Day Quick Cake

Save-The-Day Quick Cake
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 145.5
  • Total Fat: 3.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 24.8 mg
  • Sodium: 33.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 27.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
  • Protein: 3.1 g

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Introduction

Needing to find a quick, reliable substitute for a failed pound cake I had planned to bring to a school reunion, I whipped up this spicy, sweet and unusual buttermilk cake topped with chocolate chips. Even though there's only a teaspoon of cocoa in the batter, it tastes ten times richer because of the mesquite flour! Needing to find a quick, reliable substitute for a failed pound cake I had planned to bring to a school reunion, I whipped up this spicy, sweet and unusual buttermilk cake topped with chocolate chips. Even though there's only a teaspoon of cocoa in the batter, it tastes ten times richer because of the mesquite flour!
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    1 cup flour
    1 tbsp mesquite flour
    1 tsp cocoa powder
    1/2 tsp baking powder
    3/4 tsp baking soda
    pinch salt
    pinch nutmeg
    2 oz low-fat cream cheese
    2/3 cup sugar
    1 egg
    1 tsp vanilla
    1/3 cup buttermilk
    1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 375F, grease a 9" springform pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, mesquite flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
In a large bowl, cream cream cheese and sugar.
Add egg and vanilla, beating well.
Add half the flour mixture to the creamed ingredients, blending in slightly, then add buttermilk. Follow with remaining dry ingredients.
Spread batter in prepared pan, smoothing to the edges.
Top with chocolate chips.
Bake for 35 minutes, cool completely in the pan before unmoulding.

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.