Apple Spice Coffee Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 cups chopped, peeled apples (, , about 2 large preferably apples which will hold their shape such as northern spy, crispin, idare)
• 2/3 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (325 degrees f if using glass baking pan).
• 2 line 13x9 inch metal cake pan with foil and lightly grease or spray pan.
• 3 in bowl and using electric mixer, beat butter with sugar.
• 4 beat in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla and applesauce.
• 5 in separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, salt and nutmeg; stir into egg mixture alternately with milk.
• 6 stir in apples.
• 7 pour into prepared pan.
• 8 bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 9 let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes.
• 10 invert pan and turn out cake; remove foil from bottom.
• 11 turn right side up on rack and let cool completely.
• 12 to make glaze.
• 13 in small bowl, whisk icing sugar with lemon juice until smooth, then using fork drizzle over cake.