French Apple Cake with Apricot Glaze Recipe

2 tb Margarine

1 c Sugar

1 Egg

2 c White flour

2 1/2 pt Baking powder

1 c Skim milk mixed with 1 ts

6 Granny Smith apples

1 TOPPING

1/3 c Brown sugar

1/2 ts Cinnamon

1/4 ts Freshly ground nutmeg

3 tb Margarine, no salt

1 GLAZE

1/2 c Apricot jam

1 ts Lemon juice

1 About 1 tsp water

Method: Preheat oven to 350# F. Spray a 9" x 12" baking dish with a nonstick spray Cream margarine with sugar. Beat in egg. Sift together dry ingredients. into egg mixture alternating with milk and vanilla. In food processor, pro egg with sugar until well mixed. Add margarine and process and then milk. dry ingredients into processor and pulse 3 or 4 times, just until mixed. ( wash processor - reserve for next step.) Spread batter evenly into prepare dish. Top with fruit. Mix topping ingredients together in food processor or mixe Dot over top of cake. Bake 30 - 40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean Cool completely. For glaze, heat together apricot jam, lemon juice and water. Strain into s saucepan or glass measuring jug. Heat on top of stove or in microwave unti boiling and slightly reduced. If reduced too much, add a bit more water. onto completely cooled cake with pastry brush. Serve and enjoy. Nutritional value per servings: 253 calories, 3.8 g protein (6%), 54 g carbohydrate (83%), 3 g total fat (11%) (.7 g saturated fat), 23 mg cholest 146 mg sodium.