DF Applesauce Cake

Here's one of the best quick & easy dessert recipes out of the online cookbook of cakes, pies, cupcakes, tarts, cheesecakes, brownies, cookies. It's the exclamation point on dinner recipes.

Dessert doesn't have to be elaborate to compliment your main meal entree. Even a simple last bite like a fruit compote or a pudding recipe topped with whipped cream can make a wonderful last-statement sweet.

Consider your dinner recipe and what dessert recipe goes well to make a balanced taste. Avoid heavy or spicy dishes back to back. Balance rich dishes with simple ones. Don't serve too many spicy foods in one meal. Don't serve successive sweet dishes, such as chicken basted with currant jelly, mixed fruit salad and strawberry trifle dessert recipe.

As the final dish, you want to serve dessert properly. Set out the dessert fork or spoon when you first set the table. Choose the "dessert container," such as a small plate or glass stemware, once you decide what dessert you will prepare so you can visualize how your final presentation will appeal to the eye. For example, set crystal stemware on a crystal dish with a stem of mint leaves.

Applesauce Cake
Yield: 8 servings
Serving size: 1 slice.

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 cup reduced-calorie margarine
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup egg substitute
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8x8 inch metal cake pan with vegetable cooking spray. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, beat margarine and molasses with an electric mixer on high speed for approximately 1 minute.

Add egg substitute and vanilla and blend on high speed for 30 seconds. Mixture will be liquid. Add Splenda Granulated Sweetener and beat on medium speed until very smooth, approximately 1 1/2 minutes.

Add flour mixture and applesauce and beat on low speed until mixed, approximately 45 seconds. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F.

I'm Alexandria Marx, the Yum Expert and everyday home kitchen cook blogging about family friendly foods from around the world that are easy to make, nutritious, decadent and delicious. Wife, mother, diabetic. If you enjoyed this post, please tweet your friends and followers. Thanks.