Brunch

Nutty Sunflower Cake is for Dessert.

Nutty Sunflower Cake takes 5 minutes to prepare.

Nutty Sunflower Cake takes 30 minutes to cook.

Nutty Sunflower Cake makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Nutty Sunflower Cake are:

1.5 cups sunflower seed flour (process 1.75 cups sunflower seeds in a food processor until fine)
1 tsp salt
1 cup Splenda or sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2 large eggs

Here is how you make Nutty Sunflower Cake:

This is a South Beach/low carb-compliant and gluten-free alternative for a sweet fix. While it is low carb it is a bit heavy on the fats (good fats, but fats nonetheless), so portion sizes are fairly modest. If you are doing South Beach, you can have this on phase 1; just keep in mind it satisfies the entire daily limit of nuts.Preheat oven to 350F.Mix all ingredients, except walnuts, until well combined.Put paper liners in a mini-muffin tin, then fill each about 3/4ths full. (The final product is very moist and crumbly, so if you don't have liners to keep it contained you may opt to grease a 9" cake pan and serve it like that. It also doesn't rise much.)Sprinkle some chopped walnuts on top of each.Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.EXPERIMENT! If you want to switch up the flavor profile try switching out lemon juice for a smaller amount of lemon extract for more of a lemony punch, try adding cinnamon and nutmeg, or throw in some dried fruit such as cranberries or raisins for extra sweetness.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BLUEM00N.

The nutritional information for Nutty Sunflower Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 197.0

• Total Fat: 16.8 g
• Cholesterol: 35.4 mg
• Sodium: 252.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
• Protein: 6.7 g

The dietary needs meet for Nutty Sunflower Cake is Gluten Free