Healthy Cake Recipes: Apple Spice Cake

Ingredients:

1 c. packed dark brown sugar

1/3 c. (or 3 oz) softened fat-free cream cheese

1/4 c. vegetable oil

1 tsp.  pure vanilla extract (imitation vanilla may also be used)

2 large eggs

1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp.  baking soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1 c. low-fat buttermilk

1 c. chopped, peeled apples

2 tbsp. brandy (optional)

Cooking spray for the pan

2 tsps. powdered sugar

Directions For This Healthy Cake Recipe:

Preheat oven to 350°.  Coat an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Combine brown sugar, cream cheese vegetable oil and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until well blended (approximately 3 minutes). Add the eggs to the mixture one at a time and beat well after each addition.

Measure out flour into measuring cup and level with a knife; put in large mixing bowl. Add cinnamon, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cloves to flour and stir. Add buttermilk and flour mixture to sugar mixture a little at a time, alternating each, and mix well after each addition. Add apples, and if desired, brandy, to mixture and mix lightly with a large spoon. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, at 350°.  Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, and then remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack. Sprinkle powdered sugar onto the cake before serving. 

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