Simple Cooking - Wednesday, January 19th

Betty Crocker's "Healthified" Fresh Apple Cake

3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups finely chopped unpeeled apples (3 medium)
1 cup chopped walnuts

1.Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
2.In large bowl, beat sugars, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 20 to 30 seconds or until blended. Add all remaining ingredients except apples and walnuts; beat on low speed about 1 minute or until blended. Stir in apples and walnuts. Spread batter in pan.
3.Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 1 hour.
Makes 20 servings

To make this even more "healthified", you can substitute white Splenda for the sugar and brown Splenda for the brown sugar. Also, you could use 1/2 cup of applesauce in place of the canola oil.

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