Recipe: Apple Snacking Cake (using egg whites, low fat, with apple slices on top)

APPLE SNACKING CAKE

1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons margarine, softened
2 egg whites
1/3 cup fat free milk
1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups plus 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided use
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups thinly sliced Golden Delicious apples, peeled
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon margarine, melted

Line a 9-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, allowing 6-inches of foil to extend over two opposite sides of pan.* Coat foil with cooking spray; set aside.

Cream sugar and 2 tablespoons margarine at medium speed of an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add egg whites; beat 2 minutes at medium speed or until well blended. Add milk, applesauce, and vanilla; mix well.

Combine 1 1/3 cups flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to creamed mixture, stirring just until moistened. Spread into prepared pan; arrange apple slices in a single layer in 3 rows, core side down, on top of batter, pressing gently into batter.

Combine the remaining 3 tablespoons flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon; stir well. Add melted margarine, and toss well; sprinkle over apples.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes or until browned; cool completely in pan.

*Lining the baking pan with foil makes it easy to lift out the cooled cake to take on your picnic. And there's no pan to clean up, either

Makes 1 (9-inch) cake, 8 servings
Source: Cooking Light magazine, September 1993
From: Cookie, NH