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French Apple Cake With Apricot Glaze

Type: Low Fat
Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Cake
2 tablespoons 30mlMargarine
1 cup 198g / 7ozSugar
1   Egg
2 cups 125g / 4.4ozWhite flour
2 1/2   Baking powder
1 cup 237mlSkim milk mixed
1 teaspoon 5mlVanilla extract
6   Granny smith apples
  Topping
1/3 cup 53g / 1.9ozBrown sugar
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlCinnamon
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlFreshly ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons 45mlUnsalted margarine
  Glaze
1/2 cup 118mlApricot jam
1 teaspoon 5mlLemon juice
  About 1 tsp water

Recipe Instructions

Method: Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9" x 12" baking dish with a nonstick spray Cream margarine with sugar.

Mix the 1 tsp of vanilla into the milk.

Beat in egg. Sift together dry ingredients. into egg mixture alternating with milk and vanilla.

In food processor, pro egg with sugar until well mixed. Add margarine and process and then milk. dry ingredients into processor and pulse 3 or 4 times, just until mixed. (wash processor - reserve for next step.) Spread batter evenly into prepare dish.

Top with fruit. Mix topping ingredients together in food processor or mixer. Dot over top of cake.

Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean Cool completely.

For glaze: heat together apricot jam, lemon juice and water. Strain into s saucepan or glass measuring jug. Heat on top of stove or in microwave until boiling and slightly reduced. If reduced too much, add a bit more water. onto completely cooled cake with pastry brush.

Serve.

Source:
Alton Brown

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