Low-Fat Fresh Apple Cake

Serves 18

Cake:

4 cups apples, diced

2 cups sugar

½ cup applesauce, unsweetened

¼ cup nuts, chopped

¼ cup egg substitute

2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

2 egg whites, room temperature

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon

Non-stick cooking spray

Topping:

2 tablespoons margarine

1 package Butter Buds, dry, use about 1/8 cup water or milk to moisten

1 cup brown sugar

¼ cup nuts, finely chopped

8 tablespoons evaporated skim milk

Cake:

Dice apples (not too fine). Add sugar and mix well. Add applesauce, nuts, egg substitute, and vanilla extract; blend well. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together and add to the apple mixture. Beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then gently fold egg whites into the batter. Spoon batter into 13x9-inch pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake at 350 for approximately 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.

Topping:

While the cake is baking, mix the topping ingredients together. Spread on cake immediately when done. Place cake under broiler until icing bubbles. Take out immediately to prevent burning.

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