Apple Cake

This classic apple cake offers a warm embrace of fragrant spices and tender apples in every bite.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp sodium-free baking powder
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups apples, peeled and chopped
  

Directions:

1. Mix oil and sugar together; add eggs.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg; add to sugar mixture.
3. Stir in vanilla and fold in apples.
4. Pour into a 9x13-inch pan.
5. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Dust top with powdered sugar if desired.
   

Yield: 24 servings

Nutritional analysis: 211 calories; 2 g protein; 10 g total fat; 1 g saturated fat; 29 g carbohydrates; 1 g fiber; 31 mg cholesterol; 11 mg sodium