Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Cream Cheese Strawberry Coffee Cake


Have you ever tried cooking with light butter? I have found it to work well with cake-like items such as muffins and coffee cakes. If you are looking for a way to cut fat and calories, you may want to consider a light butter. My favorite brand is Land O' Lakes. This coffee cake was very good as a dessert, but would also be nice to accompany a light breakfast.


serves 24 ( 3 points + )

  • 8 oz. reduced fat cream cheese
  • 1 c. sugar
  • ½ c. light stick butter, softened
  • 1-¾ c. flour, divided
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ c. skim milk
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. vanilla
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ½ c. strawberry jam.
  • powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 13 x 9" pan with nonstick spray.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, and sugar until smooth. Add ¾ c. flour, eggs, milk, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla and salt. Beat until combined. Add remaining 1 c. flour and beat until just mixed. Spread evenly in prepared pan.
Stir strawberry jam until nearly smooth. Spoon 8-10 mounds on top of the batter. With a sharp knife, swirl jam into batter.
Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cake part comes out clean. Cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired.


adapted from "Eat Well, Lose Weight"

3 comments:

  1. these look AMAZING! thanks for posting them! i will let you know what i think when i make them!

    i love cooking with light butter! i like the blue bonnet brand!

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  2. I'm definitely making this once the banana bars are gone. I LOVE coffee cake.

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  3. I made this cake and it is amazing! It does not taste AT ALL like a healthy substitute for cake - it's wonderful! I divided it into 12 and have a large piece for breakfast and I'm really really looking forward to my breakfasts these days :)
    Thank you!

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