Apple Bottom Spice Cake
Source of Recipe
Pampered Chef
List of Ingredients
3-4 firm, red bak-apples such as Jonathan (about 3c. sliced)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup water
1 pkg (3 oz) vanilla cook & serve pudding & pie filling (not instant)
1 pkg (18.25 oz) yellow cake mix (plus ings to make cake)
1/2 cup molasses
2 tablespoons Cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar
Thawed, frozen whipped topping or vanilla ice cream (opt)
Recipe
Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly spray rectangular pan with oil. Peel, core & slice apples. Cut into sm-pieces using a apple wedger. In large bowl, combine apples, raisins, water and pudding mix; mix well. Microwave on HIGH 4 min. or til hot; mix well. Spread apple filling evenly over bottom of baker.
In bowl, prepare cake mix according to pkg directions;whisk in molasses and spice blend. Pour batter over apple filling, spreading evenly. Chop walnuts; sprinkle evenly over batter.
Bake 30-35 min. or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to cooling rack. Let stand 10 min. Sprinkle top of cake with powdered sugar. Garnish with whipped topping or serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired. Yield: 15 servings or 24 sample servings
Cook's Tip: Pumpkin pie spice can be substituted for the Cinnamon Plus (TM) Spice Blend, if desired.
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