Apple Pear Cake

60 minutes Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 40 minutes

135 calories per serving view nutrition facts

12 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients

1/4	cup	margarine
3/4	cup	brown sugar	packed light
1	each	egg
1 1/2	teaspoons	vanilla extract
2 1/4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1 1/2	teaspoons	baking powder
1/2	teaspoon	baking soda
1/2	teaspoon	salt
2	teaspoons	cinnamon	ground
1	teaspoon	nutmeg	ground
2	small	apples	chopped
3/4	ounce	dried pears
3/4	cup	buttermilk	lowfat
1	tablespoon	powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375F. Spray a 9 1/2 inch tube pan with nonstick spray.

2. In a large bowl, cream the margarine with the brown sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla.

3. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir to blend. Stir in the cinnamon and nutmeg.

4. Finely chop the apples, and mince the dried pears.

5. Alternately add the flour mixture and the milk to the butter-sugar mixture in three additions, beating just until the flour is no longer visible. Stir in the apples and pears.

6. Scrape the batter into the tube pan and bake for 40 min., or until golden brown and tests clean.

7. Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then unmold the cake and cool completely. Dust cake with confectioners sugar just before serving.

Note: If you don't have any dried pears, you can substitute raisins

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 49g

Amount per Serving

Calories 135 31% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.0g	7%
Saturated Fat 1.0g	4%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 16mg	5%
Sodium 194mg	8%
Total Carbohydrate 20.0g	7%
Dietary Fiber 1.0g	3%
Sugars 1.0g
Protein 3.0g	7%