Orange Yogurt Cake (Bizcocho de Naranja)

Cooking Light, 2005

Makes 12 servings

    1 cup orange juice                                             
    1/8 teaspoon crushed saffron                                
    2 cups flour                                                   
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder                                  
    1/4 teaspoon salt                                              
    1 cup sugar                                                    
    1 egg                                                          
    1 egg white                                                    
    1/4 cup plain low fat yogurt                                   
    6 tablespoons olive oil                                        
    Cooking spray                                                  
    3 tablespoons sweet orange marmalade                           
    1 tablespoon orange liqueur                                    

Wrap cooled, unglazed cake in plastic wrap to freeze. Allow to thaw overnight in refrigerator. Bring to room temperature, glaze, and serve. Garnish with fresh raspberries or strawberries, mint, and grated orange rind, if desired.

Preheat oven to 350°.

Place the juice in a small saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Remove from heat; stir in saffron. Let stand 10 minutes.

Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Set aside.

Place sugar, egg, and egg white in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at medium speed for 5 minutes or until thickened. Add yogurt, beating well. Gradually add oil and juice mixture, beating until well blended. Add half of flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat just until blended. Repeat procedure with the remaining flour mixture.

Spoon batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Place cake on a serving platter. Combine marmalade and liqueur in a small saucepan; bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; strain through a fine sieve directly onto surface of cake. Discard solids. Spread marmalade mixture evenly over top of cake, allowing excess to drizzle down sides of cake.

Yield: 12 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

NUTRITION PER SERVING
CALORIES 240(29% from fat); FAT 7.9g (sat 1.1g,mono 5.3g,poly 1g); PROTEIN 3.4g; CHOLESTEROL 18mg; CALCIUM 32mg; SODIUM 135mg; FIBER 0.6g; IRON 1.2mg; CARBOHYDRATE 39.3g