Apple Cake

Trisha Davey

subheading: Cake:

2 ⅔ cups flour

1 tsp salt

¾ tsp baking soda

1 cup sugar

3 Tbsp butter at room temperature

3 eggs

⅔ cup applesauce

⅓ cup apple juice concentrate

2 tsp grated, peeled fresh ginger

1 cup chopped apple

subheading: Glaze:

½ cup confectioners sugar

1 Tbsp milk

pinch salt

Heat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour 13 x 9 x 2 metal baking pan.

Cake: Stir together flour, salt and soda in a medium sized bowl until well blended. Beat together sugar and butter in a large bowl on medium-low speed until coarse crumbs form. Add eggs, applesauce, apple juice concentrate and ginger; mix on low speed just until eggs are beaten. Gradually beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in apple. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove pan to wire rack and let cool completely.

Glaze: Beat together confectioners sugar, milk and a pinch of salt in a small bowl until smooth and of good drizzling consistency. If too thick, add milk, a teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency. Pour into heavy duty plastic bag, snip a very small tip from the corner. Drizzle glaze over top of cake.

Cake is better if made the day before and glaze just before serving.

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