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Article: Slimmed-down coffee cake is worth every extra step.(Food)(Lean & lovin' it)(Recipe)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2007
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Byline: Don Mauer
I opened a recent issue of Cook's Country (not known for lean recipes) and there - in all its full-color, high-calorie glory - appeared a delicious-looking Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake with orange glaze dripping down its sides.
"Wouldn't that be a tasty way to start a lazy Sunday morning?" I thought.
Reading the ingredient list drove my hopes of ever making and sampling this coffee cake lower and lower: a full cup of toasted pecans, a half-pound of butter, nearly 2 cups of sour cream.
I ran the nutrition analysis to see just how many calories and how much fat a slim slice of that coffee cake delivered. The numbers ...