Low Fat Coffee Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/4 cup margarine, softened to room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup skim milk (or soy milk)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 egg whites, beaten (or egg replacement)
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 cup pecans or 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream margarine and sugar together until fluffy.
• 2 sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and add to the margarine/sugar mixture.
• 3 add 1/4 cup milk to mixture, beat well, repeat twice.
• 4 beat in the vanilla.
• 5 fold in the egg whites.
• 6 pour mixture into a greased 8"x8" baking pan.
• 7 combine topping (last four) ingredients and sprinkle over the top.
• 8 bake at 375° about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• 9 serve warm or at room temperature.