Apple Cake
Apple Cake
Serves: Serves 12
Ingredients
- 60g canola margarine
- 60g light cream cheese
- 1/2 cup SPLENDA® Low Calorie Sweetener Granular
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup low fat milk
- 2 cooking apples
- For the topping:
- 1 Apple
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a 20cm round tin with baking paper.
Beat margarine, cream cheese and SPLENDA® Granular together until creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until thoroughly combined. Stir in flour, nutmeg and milk.
Peel apples and cut into 1-2cm dice, stir into cake mixture. Spoon cake mixture into prepared tin.
Thinly slice apple for topping without peeling. Arrange the apple slices on top of the cake and bake for 1 1/4 hours or until cooked when tested with a wooden skewer.
Notes
This recipe, when compared with a traditional recipe has a 28% reduction in kilojoules, a 24% reduction in carbohydrate and a 60% reduction in sugars.
Tips
Low fat yoghurt may be used as a substitute for the light cream cheese.
Don't confuse light cream cheese with soft cream cheese, which is high in fat.
Mixed spice or ground cinnamon may be used instead of ground nutmeg.
Cake does not freeze well.
Nutritional Information
Per serve
| Carbohydrate | 23 | g |
| Energy | 707 | kj |
| Fat | 6 | g |
| Protein | 5 | g |
| Sodium | mg | 243 |
| Fibre | 2 | g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 | g |
| Sugars | 6 | g |
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