Apple Cake with Lemon Sauce
- Makes: 12 servings
- Prep 25 mins
- Bake 1 hr
- Cool 30 mins
Ingredients
-
2
cups
sugar
-
1
cup
butter, softened
-
4
eggs
-
2
teaspoons
vanilla
-
2
cups
all-purpose flour
-
2
teaspoons
baking powder
-
4
cups
diced, peeled apples
-
1
cup
packed brown sugar
-
1
tablespoon
ground cinnamon
-
1/2
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
-
1/2
teaspoon
salt
-
1
recipe
Lemon Sauce (see recipe below)
Directions
- Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Beat until just combined.
- Spread half of the batter into prepared pan.
- In another bowl, stir together the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Spread mixture over cake batter in pan. Dollop remaining batter over the apples.
- Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 30 minutes.
- Serve warm squares of cake topped with warm Lemon Sauce. Makes 12 servings.
Lemon Sauce
Ingredients
- 1
cup
sugar
- 3
tablespoons
cornstarch
- 1/4
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
- 1/4
teaspoon
salt
- 2 1/2
cups
water
- 6
tablespoons
butter or margarine
- 1
teaspoon
grated lemon peel
- 1/4
cup
lemon juice
Directions
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg, and salt. Stir in water. Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Stir in butter or margarine, lemon peel, and lemon juice. Makes 3-1/2 cups sauce.
Nutrition Facts
(Apple Cake with Lemon Sauce)
Servings Per Recipe 12, chol. (mg) 130, Fat, total (g) 24, Thiamin (mg) 0, cal. (kcal) 579, calcium (mg) 61, Potassium (mg) 160, carb. (g) 89, vit. C (mg) 4, pro. (g) 4, iron (mg) 2, vit. A (IU) 777, Folate (µg) 44, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 1, Monounsaturated fat (g) 10, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0, sodium (mg) 376, sugar (g) 70, fiber (g) 2, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0, sat. fat (g) 12, Niacin (mg) 1, Riboflavin (mg) 0
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