GRAPEFRUIT YOGURT CAKE

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We eat grapefruit for breakfast and in winter fruit salads-why not for dessert? Here's a sweet-tart cake that's easy, delicious and one of a kind. Oh, and healthy, too! -Maiah Miller, Montclair, Vermont

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 35m

Yield 12 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
1/3 cup sugar
5 tablespoons grated grapefruit zest
1/4 cup agave nectar or honey
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup canola oil
GLAZE:
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 to 3 teaspoons grapefruit juice
Grapefruit wheels and fresh mint leaves, optional
Fresh mint leaves

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Combine next seven ingredients. Gradually stir flour mixture into yogurt mixture, then pour into a 9-in. round baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool., For glaze, mix confectioners' sugar with enough grapefruit juice to reach desired consistency; drizzle glaze over top, allowing some to flow over sides. Top cake with grapefruit and mint if desired., Freeze option: Omit glaze. Securely wrap cooled cake in plastic and foil; freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature. Prepare glaze; top as directed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 187 calories, Fat 6g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 47mg cholesterol, Sodium 159mg sodium, Carbohydrate 30g carbohydrate (17g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges