Superfood Benefits
Raspberries:
These high-fibre berries help mop up free radicals and cancer-causing substances.
Avocado:
Just half has more potassium than a banana, plus good fats and brain-protecting folate.
Avocado pound cake with raspberry glaze recipe
By Chatelaine492
PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
2 hrs
Makes
8 Servings
Roberto Caruso
Get the health benefits of avocado and raspberries in a very pretty dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg , separated
- 1 egg white
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup puréed avocado
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Glaze
- 1/2 cup frozen raspberries , thawed
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly spray an 8 × 4-in. loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Whisk flour with baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Beat egg whites in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high until frothy, about 1 min. Gradually add 2 tbsp sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form, about 3 more min. Set aside.
- Beat avocado with butter in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in remaining sugar, until very fluffy, about 3 min. Beat in egg yolk, milk and vanilla.
- Stir in half of flour mixture with a spatula. Fold in half the egg whites until combined. Fold in remaining flour mixture and egg whites. Scrape batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in centre of oven until loaf is golden brown, 40 min. Cover loosely with foil and continue baking until a cake tester inserted in centre of loaf comes out clean, 20 to 25 more min. Cool in pan
on a rack for 10 min, then turn loaf out onto rack to cool completely. - Push raspberries through a sieve into a bowl, using the bottom of a ladle. Discard seeds. Purée should measure 2 to 3 tbsp. Whisk in icing sugar until smooth. Spoon glaze over pound cake. Unglazed loaf will keep well, wrapped in foil and frozen, up to 2 weeks.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 293,
- Protein
- 4 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 47 g,
- Fat
- 11 g,
- Fibre
- 1 g,
- Sodium
- 129 mg.
