Apple Cake
Cake:
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, at room temperature
3 eggs
2/3 cup applesauce
1/3 cup apple juice concentrate
2 teaspoons grated, peeled fresh ginger
1 cup chopped apple

Glaze:
1/2 cup confectioners's sugar
1 tablespoon milk
Pinch salt

1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch metal baking pan.

2. Cake:
Stir together flour, salt and baking soda in a medium-size bowl until well blended.
3. Beat together sugar and butter in large bowl on medium-low speed until coarse crumbs form. Add eggs, applesauce, apple juice concentrate and ginger; mix on low speed just until eggs are beaten. Gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in apple. Spread in prepared pan.
4. Bake in 350F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Remove pan to wire rack and let cool completely.

5. Glaze:
Beat together confectioners' sugar, milk and pinch salt in small bowl until smooth and of good drizzling consistency. If too thick, add milk, a teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency. Pour into heavy-duty plastic food-storage bag; snip off very small tip from a corner. Drizzle glaze over top.

Yield: 16 servings.

Note: Cake is better if made the day before. Since cake is very moist, the glaze may not hold its shape for an extended period of time. If not all the cake is being served at one time, glaze only that part you will be using.

Nutritional Value Per Serving: 176 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated), 3 g protein, 33 g carbohydrates, 1 g fiber, 228 mg sodium, 46 mg cholesterol.


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