INGREDIENTS:
Cake:
- Cooking spray
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
Filling:
- 1 (16-ounce) carton plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 5 cups blood orange sections (about 3 blood oranges)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
Syrup:
- 1 cup blood orange juice (about 2 blood oranges)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- Garnish:
- Mint sprigs (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- To prepare cake, coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray; line bottom of pan with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
- Combine eggs, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and salt in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed 2 minutes. Gradually add 1/2 cup granulated sugar, beating until egg mixture is thick and pale (about 3 minutes). Gently fold flour into egg mixture, 1/4 cup at a time. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
- To prepare filling, place a colander in a 2-quart glass measure or medium bowl. Line colander with 4 layers of cheesecloth, allowing cheesecloth to extend over outside edges. Spoon yogurt into colander. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; refrigerate 12 hours.
- Spoon yogurt cheese into a large bowl; discard liquid. Add honey and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to yogurt, stirring well with a whisk.
- Combine cream and powdered sugar in a medium bowl, and beat with a mixer at high speed until soft peaks form. Gently stir one-fourth of the cream mixture into yogurt mixture; gently fold in remaining cream mixture. Cover and chill 15 minutes.
- Arrange blood orange sections in a single layer on several layers of paper towels, and let stand 5 minutes. Reserve half of the sections; roughly chop remaining sections. Combine chopped orange sections and chopped mint. Cover and chill.
- To prepare syrup, combine juice and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a whisk. Reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 15 minutes). Remove from heat; cool.
- Split cake in half horizontally using a serrated knife; place bottom layer, cut side up, on a plate. Brush with 2 tablespoons syrup. Spread with half of yogurt mixture, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Sprinkle chopped blood orange mixture
Nutritional Information – per serving
- Calories: 240
- Calories from fat: 25%
- Fat: 6.7g
- Saturated fat: 3.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.3g
- Protein: 6.1g
- Carbohydrate: 41.9g
- Fiber: 0.4g
- Cholesterol: 101mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 77mg
- Calcium: 101mg