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Grilled Lemon Pound Cake with Grilled Mangoes

Prep Time: 30 Minutes

Total time: 1 Hours 30 Minutes

Servings: 6-8

Lentils in dessert - don't knock until you try it!

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Ingredients

Directions

Nutrition

Ingredients

    1/4 cup (60 mL) dry split red lentils

    1/4 cup (60 mL) butter, at room temperature

    1/4 cup (60 mL) canola oil

    1 cup (250 mL) sugar

    finely grated zest and juice of a lemon

    2 large eggs

    1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all-purpose flour

    1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder

    1/4 tsp (1 mL) baking soda

    1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt

    1/2 cup (125 mL) milk

    2 ripe mangoes

    whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving


Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small saucepan, cover the lentils with an inch or two of water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes, until very soft. Drain well and transfer to the bowl of a food processor. Add the butter, oil, sugar, lemon juice, and zest. Pulse until well-blended and smooth. Add the eggs and pulse just until blended. Scrape into a medium bowl.
  2. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk in two additions. Stir just until combined and pour into a buttered 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until golden and springy to the touch. Cool completely and cut into 1-inch slices.
  3. Preheat the grill to medium-high and cut the cheeks off the mangoes. Grill the mango cheeks, cut-side down, alongside the pound cake slices until char-marked and toasted on both sides. Score the mangoes lengthwise and crosswise, then scoop out the cubes.
  4. Serve the grilled pound cake warm, topped with grilled mango and whipped cream or ice cream.

Nutritional Information

  • Serving Size: 1 slice with 1/4 cup (60 mL) mango
  • Per serving:
  • Calories 260
  • Total Fat 13 g
  • Saturated Fat 3.5 g
  • Cholesterol 55 mg
  • Carbohydrates 30 g
  • Dietary Fibre 2 g
  • Sugar 3 g
  • Protein 6 g
  • Sodium 190 mg
  • Potassium 115 mg