Almond Pound Cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Make sure ingredients are at room temperature. Pre-measure all ingredients prior to mixing so you reduce the possibility of overmixing.
• Preheat oven to 350 degress F. Spray a loaf cake pan with canola oil spray. Remove excess spray by wiping pan with paper towel and then flour pan. Measure applesauce and place in strainer with bowl underneath. Let juice drain out of applesauce for a few minutes. Set aside or discard juice and keep drained applesauce.
• NOTE: DIRECTIONS FOR LIQUID INGREDIENTS NEXT PARAGRAPH
• Sift flour , salt baking soda and baking powder. Divide dry ingred. into thirds in a large bowl. Place first third of dry ingredients in another bowl. With electric mixer on med-high speed, mix first third of dry ingredients with half of liquid ingredients, Scrape sides of bowl for better incorporation. Mix in second third of dry ingredients and scrap sides of bowl again. Add the remaining half of liquid ingredients. Mix for about 30 sec. Then, , add last third of flour mixture to the bowl and mix for about 30 sec. Scrape sides of bowl again. Be sure not to overmix.
• LIQUID INGRED.
• Beat butter with electric mixer until blended well. Beat in eggs and egg white one at a time. (The mixture will not "cream" as it does in traditional sugar recipes, rather teh butter will be separate from teh eggs. However, it will incorporate when dry ingredients are added). Add stevia and dry milk to egg mixture. Scrape sides of bowl to assure thorough mixing. Heat yogurt in microwave for 15 seconds. Mix in yogurt, applesauce and almond. Remove about half of liquid mixture from mixing bowl and set aside.
• Pour batter into pan and smoothen top of batter with with a knife. Bake in bottome oven rack for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, Place a cookie sheet on top rack to protect top of cake from getting too dark. Bake another 25 to 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes clean. Cool cake before removing from pan.
• This cake has a crusty top!
• Nutrition: 1 slice:
• Calories 183
• Carb 19 g
• Total sugar 3 g
• Fiber less that 1 g
• Fat 10 g
• Cholesterol 75 mg
• Sodium 144 mg
• Protein 5 g