Apple Cake

This was SO good. It's a recipe I doctored up from AllRecipes--I ditched a silly amount of shortening, reduced the fat by half overall, cut the sugar significantly, cut the salt, and messed with the flour. Everybody devoured a slice last night. :)

Dutch Apple Cake

1/4 cup butter

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1 1/2 teaspoons real vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup white whole-wheat flour (I use King Arthur)

1 tbsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup  1% milk

2 apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 16ths (ours are Golden Delicious)

1/8 cup sugar

Cream butter, applesauce, and 3/4 cup sugar until light. Beat in egg and vanilla. 

Combine flours, baking powder, and salt. 

Beat in flour mixture and milk in alternate batches, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Spread the batter into 7 x 11 inch pan sprayed with cooking spray (I use an olive oil spray).

Place apple pieces in rows on top of the batter, overlapping slices slightly and pressing them into the dough a bit. Combine 1/8 cup sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes. 

1 tsp ground cinnamon