1/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground nutmeg
2 small apples, chopped
3/4 oz dried pears
3/4 cup lowfat buttermilk *
1 tbsp confectioners sugar
Directions
* Or you can use 3/4 cup regular milk and 1 T vinegar to make sour
milk. 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
Servings: 12 servings
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