Saturday, July 21, 2012

Blueberry Brunch Cake



Ingredients:
 1 tablespoon flour
¾ cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter, softened
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1 2/3 cup flour
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup buttermilk
¼ cup orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ cup fresh blueberries
2 tablespoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions: 
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat bottom of a 10 inch spring form pan with cooking spray; line with parchment paper.  Coat bottom and sides with cooking spray and dust with 1 T flour.
  • Combine sugar and butter; beat with a mixer at medium speed for 5 minutes.  Add egg and egg white; beat well.
  • Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a small bowl; stir with a whisk.  Combine buttermilk, juice, rind and vanilla in small bowl.  Add flour and buttermilk alternately to sugar beginning and ending with flour mixture. 
  • Fold in blueberries.  Spoon batter into prepared pan.  Combine sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon in small bowl.  Sprinkle over batter. 
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until pick comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10 minutes on wire rack.  Remove sides from pan.


Thursday, July 19, 2012

Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes

 I was afraid these wouldn't be sweet enough without brown sugar and cinnamon.  They are great!  You can really taste the sweetness of the potato.  


Ingredients:
3-4 large sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Directions:

  • Peel and cube sweet potatoes into about an inch cube
  • Spray a 9"x13" baking dish with cooking spray and add potatoes
  • Whisk together oil, honey and lemon juice in a small bowl
  • Pour over potatoes tossing to coat
  • Bake in a 350 degree oven for 60-75 minutes. Stir every 15 minutes.