German Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/3 cup walnuts, toasted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1 egg
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 4 cups apples, peeled and diced
• cream cheese frosting
• 3 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon light butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• 3 place the walnuts on a baking sheet and toast in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes, or until they are lightly browned.
• 4 remove the nuts from the oven and set aside.
• 5 watch them carefully, as they burn easily.
• 6 in a large bowl, combine the sugar, applesauce, egg, egg , canola oil and vanilla and mix well.
• 7 in another bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon.
• 8 add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
• 9 fold in the apples and toasted walnuts.
• 10 pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 11 (it will seem like there are more apples than batter, but that's the way it's supposed to look.) bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a golden brown.
• 12 remove from the oven and allow to cool completely on a rack.
• 13 while the cake is baking, make the frosting.
• 14 combine the cream cheese, light butter and powdered sugar in a bowl and blend until smooth.
• 15 when the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting evenly over the top.