Apple Cake

Here is a healthy and delicious dessert for a special occasion.

Ingredients
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup raisins
2 cups shredded apples
½ cup chopped nuts
½ cup oil
1 egg or 2 egg whites or other egg replacer
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon yeast
¼ cup warm juice or water
½ teaspoon salt

Directions
Put yeast in ¼ cup warm juice with ½ teaspoon brown sugar in a cup. Chop ½ c. walnuts and shred the apples.

Cream oil and egg in large mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, yeast mixture and all dry ingredients and blend gently on low speed. Add shredded apples, chopped nuts and raisins.

Place in greased 9x9-inch cake pan. Cover and let rise in warm place 45 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour. Serve with whipped topping or lemon sauce.
 

Lemon Sauce

Ingredients
1 cup pineapple juice or water
1 ½ tablespoon cornstarch
Pinch salt
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon lemon rind
1/3 cup honey

Directions
Whiz juice, cornstarch and salt together in blender. Pour mixture into sauce pan and simmer over low heat till clear. When thick, remove from heat and add lemon juice, lemon rind, and honey. Lemon sauce may be used on steamed puddings, cakes, brownies, rice puddings, gingerbread, and fruit dishes. If thicker sauce is desired, add ½ tablespoon more cornstarch. Yield: 1 cup sauce.

 

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Recipe submitted by
Marcella Lynch in Cooking by the Book, p. 59. Copyright 1994 by Marcella Lynch. Third Printing 2000. Used by permission. Available for sale from LifeLong Health: 503.557.9545 or 800.862.4395. $19.95 plus $4.85 shipping.

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