Tuesday, January 21, 2014

APPLE SNACKING CAKE

This old fashioned, super moist, snack cake is quick, easy and only takes ONE apple!! It is the PERFECT snacking cake and goes wonderfully in a lunch box.

 
 
1/3 cup brown sugar lightly packed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
2 eggs
1  1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1  1/2 cups flour
1  3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 large apple
 
Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and flour a 9"x5" loaf pan.
 
Core and peel the apple then pulse it in the food processor a few times until the pieces are about the size of a green pea.
 
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together and set aside. 
 
Beat white sugar and butter together until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs, one at a time; add vanilla, flour and baking powder and beat until smooth, then stir in the milk and chopped apples, until the batter is well mixed.
 
Place 1/3 of the batter in the loaf pan and top with 1/3 of the sugar-cinnamon mixture; do that two more times, ending with sugar cinnamon.
 
Bake at 350°F for 30-40 minutes (my electric oven takes 40 minutes) or until toothpick tests clean.
 
Let cake cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then turn it out on a rack to cool.
 
This snacking cake definitely does NOT need any frosting, ENJOY!!