I have successfully completed my first recipe from the moosewood cookbook!
Quick background about the cookbook:
Title: The New Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen
This cookbook was written and first published in the 1970's and has since been redone and republished with improvements to each recipe. The book does a good job of focusing down on each ingredient giving options for healthier substitutions and recommendations for fresher ingredients. Not only is this cookbook user friendly but it is vegetarian focused and gives you tons of recommendations for lower-fat cooking, dairy reduction or substitution, egg options, as well as useful kitchen tools and pantry notes for what whole food items to keep on hand and even how to use them!! I have recently started an herb garden and this book was great for informing me how to successfully use fresh herbs in place of dried herbs and how much to use. (1 tsp dried = 1 tbs freshly minced)
This cookbook is broken up in sections such as soups, salads, sauces and dips, baked things and sandwiches, entrees, and of course desserts.
The first item I will be sharing is off of page 188 and is, of course, from the dessert section! What a better way to start right?? I decided to make Orange Cake for our fourth of July party because it has such a nice citrus flavor that hit the spot on such a hot day.
ORANGE CAKE
--> Before you start
- Zest an orange to obtain 1 tsp of grated orange rind
- You will need 1 cup total of orange juice....I decided to fresh squeeze since it always tastes better and I had already zested and orange (3 lg. oranges)
- Preheat the oven to 350 F and butter a bunt pan
- Beat together 1 1/2 cups butter (I used unsalted) and 1 3/4 cups Sugar, add 4 eggs (one at a time)
- Stir in the orange rind (1 tsp) and vanilla (1 tsp)
- In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients (3 cups flour, 1 tbs baking soda)
- In a separate bowl combine 1/2 tsp salt, 1 cup Greek yogurt**, and 1/2 cup orange juice.
- fold in dry and liquid ingredients, start and end with dry ingredients alternating with liquid ingredients.
- Combine and place in buttered bunt pan and place in oven for 50- 60 minutes until a knife comes out clean
Orange Glaze
Easy and delicious! Be careful not to take a big slice, while this cake is full of yumminess it can be a bit heavy and a little goes a long way! Enjoy it with a cool scoop of vanilla icecream and you will be in bliss!!
** Greek Yogurt
- This ingredient was chosen over sour cream which is what the recipe calls for. I decided to give it a try and it worked perfectly! The cake had a nice moist flavor and you would never know yogurt was even added. For those of you who have not tried Greek yogurt you are missing out! Warning!! This yogurt is not for those who don't like the taste of sour cream. In fact it tastes a lot like sour cream if you eat it plain. If we eat it plain we usually drizzle some honey or agave nectar over it with some walnuts and raisins (wonderful breakfast).
- The great thing about this yogurt is that it is a really healthy option for people, like us, who love yogurt!
- To give you an idea Greek yogurt has tons of protein (about 2x more than normal yogurt), along with less carbs and lactose which means it is easier to digest and doesn't stick around on your thighs as long! ;) Don't be surprised by it's thick texture, after fermentation the liquid whey is removed making it a lot thicker than normal yogurt.
-You can find Greek yogurt in most stores (Stoneyfield makes this and is a personal favorite)
-Check out this link...http://www.health.com/health/article/0,,20410302,00.html
Well that is all for tonight. I hope you all are inspired to make Orange Cake!!
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