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Butterscotch Bundt Cake

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Butterscotch Bundt Cake
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Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 2  tablespoons  dry breadcrumbs
  • 7  tablespoons  butter, softened and divided
  • 2  cups  packed dark brown sugar
  • 2/3  cup  (6 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
  • 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
  • 3  large eggs
  • 1  large egg white
  • 2 1/4  cups  all-purpose flour
  • 1/2  cup  cornstarch
  • 1  teaspoon  baking soda
  • 1/2  teaspoon  salt
  • 1/2  cup  1% low-fat milk
  • 1  tablespoon  powdered sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325°.

Coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust with breadcrumbs.

Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly (sugar will not melt). Pour mixture into a large bowl; cool 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add 3 tablespoons butter, cheese, and vanilla to bowl; beat with a mixer at low speed for 1 minute. Beat at high speed 4 minutes (mixture will not be smooth). Add the eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 3 ingredients (flour through salt), stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix after each addition.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted an inch from the edge comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar over cake.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
277 (29% from fat)
Fat:
8.8g (sat 5.1g,mono 2.6g,poly 0.5g)
Protein:
4.5g
Carbohydrate:
45.4g
Fiber:
0.5g
Cholesterol:
63mg
Iron:
1.6mg
Sodium:
280mg
Calcium:
42mg
Cooking Light, NOVEMBER 2000

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
bunnyklett
I, too, was disappointed. Not very butterscotch-y. Perhaps more butter should be used in the initial stage? (Probably wouldn't fall into the "light" category any more, though!). It was fine, but nothing to write home about.04/13/05

5 stars
hannie619
Went together quickly and looked nice once baked, but wasn't very spectacular tasting. Very mild butterscotch flavor, just tasted kind of like an average brown sugar cake. Good with a cup of tea or for a quick snack, but wouldn't be a very impressive dessert on it's own.07/28/04