SOUR CREAM
COFFEE CAKE
1 cup sugar
% cup (11/2 stick) butter, softened
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Filling
11/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Cookbook Corner

Dairy recipes for Shavuot and beyond.

Gail Zimmerman
Arts Editor

raving a Shavuot cheese-
cake without all the
calories?

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a tube pan (such as a
Bundt pan) well with nonstick cooking spray.
Combine sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl, and beat
with an electric mixer until very creamy. Add eggs, and beat
well. Add sour cream, and beat well.
Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in another
bowl, and whisk well to combine. Add to the wet ingredients, a
little at a time, until incorporated. Transfer half the batter to the
prepared baking pan.
Combine filling ingredients in a medium bowl, and sprinkle
over the batter in the pan. Top with remaining batter, and
smooth the top.
Bake for about 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted near center
comes out clean. Remove from oven, and cool for 15 minutes.
Run a knife around the pan to loosen the cake. Invert onto a
serving plate, and cool completely. Makes 16 servings.

Dairy Made Easy: Triple-
Tested Recipes for Every Day
(ArtScroll/Menorah Publications;
$15.99; paperback), the newest
book in the Made Easy series by
Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek,
features easy-to-prepare dishes for
breakfast, lunch, dinner or des-
sert.
The volume's "Make It Light"
guide, with 18 recipes for sat-
isfying yet low-calorie options,
includes "Saturday Night Frittata,"
"Broccoli and Cheese Soup,"
"Eggplant Parmesan Wraps"
and "180-Calorie (or Less!)
Cheesecake which utilizes plain
Greek yogurt instead of calorie-
laden cream cheese.
As the authors write: "It's 40
calories per slice if you bake it in

ramekins (without a crust),
and use a sugar substitute.
It's 80 calories with real
sugar. It's 140 calories with
a sugar substitute and a
graham cracker crust, or
180 calories with both sugar
and the crust.
"Either way, while other
_LeahSellai a& Victoria Dwek
lower-calorie cheesecakes
are still loaded in calories,
this is the first truly low-cal
cheesecake" (The authors have
Pancakes" for breakfast, or a
batch of "Arancini Balls" (rice ball
not released permission to reprint
appetizers made with mozzarella
the recipe, so you'll have to buy
cheese) for a special holiday meal.
the cookbook!)
All of the book's recipes — from
Desserts run the gamut from
bistro-style pizzas and light and
"Chocolate Cheese Muffins" and
refreshing salads to pasta dishes
"Peanut Butter Creme Brulee"
and desserts — are kosher, include to "No Mixer Chocolate Chunk
a full-color photo and are simple
Cookies" and "Sundae Pops:'
to prepare.
Other cookbooks in the series
Try "30-Minute Thin Crust
include Passover Made Easy,
Pizza" for a quick weeknight sup-
per, a "Grilled Avocado Sandwich"
Dairy Made Easy is available
for a satisfying lunch, a kid-
through www.artscroll.com .
friendly favorite like "Sour Cream

All recipes © Annabel Cohen 2014; annabelonthemenu@gmail.com .

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