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Nutty Apple Spice Cake with Quick Butterscotch Sauce

Recipe Introduction


Source: Cooking Light-10/99





List of Ingredients



• Cake:
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  
• 3 large eggs
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 3 cups diced Granny Smith apple (about 3/4 pound)
  
• 1 1/4 cups chopped walnuts or pecans, toasted
  
• Sauce :
  
• 1/3 cup golden raisins
  
• 1/4 cup dark rum or apple juice
  
• 1 (12.25 oz) bottle fat-free butterscotch topping (such as Smucker's®)
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350° F and coat a 13x9" baking pan with cooking spray.
   
   
2. To prepare cake, beat sugar, oil, and eggs at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a small bowl. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating just until blended. Fold in apple and walnuts.
   
   
3. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Run a knife around outside edge; cool.
   
   
4. To prepare sauce, combine raisins and rum in a microwave-safe bowl; lwt stand 5 minutes. Stir in butterscotch topping; microwave on HIGH 45 seconds or until hot. Serve cake with sauce.
   
   
5. Servings: 16
   
   
6. 324 cal, 10.3g fat, 4.3g pro, 57.6g carb, 41mg chol, 170mg sod.
   
   






Final Comments


Note: Cake will keep for several days in an airtight container, but the crunchy top will soften.