Busters Recipes

Apple Spice Cake

Ingredients

1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup (3 ounces) block-style fat-free cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
1 cup chopped peeled Braeburn apple
2 tablespoons brandy (optional)
Cooking spray
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.

Place the first 4 ingredients in a large bowl, and beat with a mixer
at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a
time, beating well after each addition.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
Combine flour and the next 5 ingredients (flour through nutmeg),
stirring with a whisk. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to
sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well
after each addition. Stir in the apple and brandy, if desired. Spoon
mixture into an 8-inch square baking pan coated with cooking spray.

Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove
from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Yield 12 servings