SPICY APPLE DESSERT CAKE

March 5, 2017 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

A moist apple cake, topped with cinnamon sugar. Eat as cake or serve warm for dessert with cream.

3 tsp lemon juice
2/3 cup milk
2  1/3 cups wholemeal SR
1 tsp each of bicarb and cinnamon
1  1/3 cups sugar
2 green apples – peeled & grated
185g (6 oz) butter
2 eggs

TOPPING:
Combine together thoroughly:
1 Tab castor sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

1.  Have butter at room temperature. Place lemon juice in milk:  stand 5 mins. Grease & paper-line a 28cm x 18cm (11 x 7″) lamington tin.

2.  Sift drys & sugar into a large bowl, returning husks from sifter into bowl.

3.  Add grated apples, soft butter & milk:  beat with electric mixer on low speed, add eggs & beat well.

4.  Pour mixture into tin and bake in mod oven for 50 mins or until cooked when tested.
Turn onto wire rack. Sprinkle topping while cake is warm.

 

LOW FAT APPLE ‘N’ SPICE MUFFINS

March 5, 2017 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments

Super moist bundles of apple and spice – makes 18 large muffins

2 cups white SR
1/2 cup wholemeal SR
1/4 cup each of sweetener powder and unprocessed bran
2 tsp BP
3 granny smith apples – peeled, cored & chopped
1 tsp each of cinnamon and mixed spice
1/2 tsp each of gr ginger and nutmeg
1/4 tsp gr cloves
3/4 cup skim milk (liquid)
1/4 cup apple juice concentrate
3/4 cup apple sauce
2 egg whites
50g plain low fat yoghurt

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.   Spray 1.5 muffin trays with vege oil spray.
2.  Sift flours & BP together into a large bowl. Add sweetener, bran, spices & apples.
3.  Put other ingredients in blender and mix well. Add wets to dry mixture;  stir well to combine.
4.  Spoon into muffin trays, bake 25 mins. Cool 5 mins in tray then turn onto wire rack.

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