Double Apple Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large apples
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup applesauce
• 3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 peel, core and thinly slice apples; set aside.
• 3 in bowl, beat sugar with butter until crumbly.
• 4 beat in egg, yogurt and vanilla.
• 5 combine flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda and salt; fold into butter mixture alternately with applesauce, making 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet.
• 6 spoon into lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 7 arrange apples in overlapping concentric circles on top.
• 8 topping: combine sugar, water and cinnamon; brush over apples.
• 9 bake for 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes.
• 11 remove side of pan; let cool completely.