Apple-Orange Spice Cake

This recipe calls for a tube pan (also known as an angel food cake pan), a round pan with deep sides and a hollow center.

Yield: 18 servings

Ingredients

• Cake:
• Cooking spray
• 1  tablespoon  all-purpose flour
• 4  large eggs
• 1 3/4  cups  sugar
• 3  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1  tablespoon  baking powder
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground allspice
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 1  teaspoon  grated orange rind
• 1/2  cup  fresh orange juice (about 3 oranges)
• 1/2  cup  vegetable oil
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 3  cups  thinly sliced Granny Smith or other tart apple (about 3/4 pound)
• 2  teaspoons  sugar
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 
  Glaze:
• 1/4  cup  sugar
• 2  tablespoons  low-fat buttermilk
• 1/4  teaspoon  baking soda

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°.

To prepare cake, coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.

Beat eggs in a large bowl at medium speed of a mixer until foamy; gradually add 1 3/4 cups sugar, beating well. Lightly spoon 3 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 3 cups flour, baking powder, and next 4 ingredients (baking powder through nutmeg), stirring well with a whisk. Combine rind, juice, oil, and vanilla. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with juice mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Combine apple, 2 teaspoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Pour half of batter into prepared pan. Arrange half of apple mixture over batter, overlapping slightly. Repeat procedure with remaining batter and apple mixture. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 20 minutes. Carefully remove cake from pan.

To prepare glaze, combine 1/4 cup sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat 2 minutes or until foamy, stirring constantly. Drizzle glaze over warm cake. Cool completely on rack.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

253 (27% from fat)

Fat:

7.6g (sat 1.5g,mono 2.3g,poly 3.2g)

Protein:

3.8g

Carbohydrate:

43g

Fiber:

1.1g

Cholesterol:

49mg

Iron:

1.3mg

Sodium:

180mg

Calcium:

60mg