Last year I created a Snickerdoodle Bread that incorporates the flavors of a Snickerdoodle cookie. It is absolutely delicious and was an immediate family favorite. The crisp cinnamon-sugar coating with the rich buttery middle seems perfectly suited to the holidays; so for the Bake-Off I decided to give my Snickerdoodle Bread a makeover to reduce the saturated fat and cholesterol and created this Snickerdoodle Snack Cake recipe.
To eliminate roughly 1,200 mg of cholesterol and 168 grams of saturated fat, I replaced butter with cholesterol-free I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! and replaced the sour cream with non-fat Greek yogurt. I am confident that no one would be able to taste the difference between butter or I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! in this dessert.
I also made a couple of other changes so that it could be baked in 9 x 13 pan and served as a special holiday dessert. I topped my Snickerdoodle Snack Cake with a scoop of Breyers Smooth & Dreamy reduced fat vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of Cinnamon Caramel Sauce.
This snack cake is not a light and fluffy cake. Its more like a cross between a brownie and banana bread topped with a crinkly cinnamon-sugar crust. Its perfect for a mid-day or late night snack. It would also be great served as a coffeecake for breakfast with icing drizzled on top. Or you can do as I did and create Snickerdoodle Ice Cream Sundaes for a spectacular holiday dessert.
Snickerdoodle Snack Cake, Bake-Off and a Giveaway
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 cup 2 sticks [I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Sticks], softened
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- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ⅔ cup non fat Greek yogurt can substitute low fat yogurt or light sour cream
- 1 cup cinnamon chips optional
Topping:
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cinnamon Caramel Sauce
- 1 cup caramel ice cream topping
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking pan. (Tip: you can use the wrapper from the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Sticks to grease the pan.)
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.In a large mixing bowl, beat together I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Sticks and 1 ½ cups sugar until fluffy, about two minutes on medium speed.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Mix in vanilla and yogurt until well blended. Mix in flour mixture just until blended.
- Toss the cinnamon chips with 2 T. flour; stir into batter. Evenly spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Mix 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle cinnamon sugar evenly over the top of the batter.
- Bake at 350º for 35 to 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a crack in the center of the cake comes out clean, the cake is pulling away from the edges of the pan and the center feels firm.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely before serving.
- *Note: For smaller gatherings, this recipe is easily divided in half and baked in an 8x8 pan.
- Cinnamon Caramel Sauce
- Whisk together caramel ice cream topping and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon in a small saucepan over medium heat until warm.
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Carie Warren
I can hardly ever bring myself to make anything other than a chocolate dessert! Of course, it will be worth it to make the snickerdoodle cake to break the cycle!
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I tweeted about it! http://twitter.com/ednascafe/statuses/1672014637047808
Janet
Fab post! While I love chocolate, I do seek out the non chocolate desserts first. 😉
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I subscribe to ya too. In my google reader and in my favorites. So how did I miss that last post???
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Carol
I love chocolate but that Snickerdoodle Cake looks so doggone good, Barbara……..I have your Snickerdoodle Bread recipe here and have yet to try that……now cake? Sigh……..I’m doomed………..but in a good way!
Can’t wait to hear about the bake-off-how exciting is that! Congratulations and have a blast…..I hope you win!
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Elle
What a beautiful cake! I love how you gave it a makeover, too. I’d say that 8 times out of 10, I choose a chocolate dessert. I can’t help it. 😉
Barbara @ Modern Comfort Food
I’m definitely in the non-chocolate dessert loving camp, and your snickerdoodle snack cake would suit me to a tee. Looks wonderful, and I love the painless way you’ve lightened it up in this version. BTW I thought I already WAS following you on Twitter but now find that is not the case. Just remedied though!
Suburban Prep
I love chocolate and so do most in my family. I will most always pick chocolate.
Tanya
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Brian @ A Thought For Food
I’m always afraid to alter dessert recipes, but I think you have done a FANTASTIC job here!