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Victoria's Apple Spice Cake

Cake Ingredients:

¼ cup butter
½ cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup sour cream
¼ cup apple juice
1 ¾ cups all purpose flower
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp salt
1 tsp ginger (ground)
¼ cup chopped crystallized (or candied) ginger

Cake Preparation:

Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla, then add eggs, one at a time. In a separate bowl, combine sour cream and apple juice. Combine butter and egg mixture with juice mixture. In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt. Then add chopped ginger. Mix together dry ingredients with wet ingredients and pour into a greased tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.

Topping Ingredients:

¼ cup butter (melted)
¾ cup brown sugar
2 cups apples (peeled, cored and finely chopped)

Topping Preparation:

Melt butter in a large frying pan, then add brown sugar. When combined, add apples and sauté until apples are tender. Serve warm with wedges of cake and lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Victoria's Delicious & Healthy Granola Bar Recipe...

The nice thing about this recipe is you can substitute the coconut and chocolate for anything you prefer or keep them and add anything else, like whole almonds, cashews, dried cranberries, raisins and anything else you can imagine! Enjoy!!

Ingredients

-2 & 1/4 whole oats
-1 cup whole wheat flour
-1/4 cup wheat germ
-1/8 cup ground flax seeds (a coffee grinder works great!)
-1 tsp cinnamon
-1/2 cup 70% dark chocolate, chopped
-3/4 cup shredded coconut
-1 tsp salt
-1 beaten egg
-1/2 cup honey
-1/2 cup applesauce
-2 tsp vanilla

Method

Preheat oven to 350 decrees F and grease a 9×13 pan
Add the oats, flour, flax seeds, wheat germ, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, coconut and chocolate until well blended
Stir in the honey, apple sauce, egg and vanilla and mix until all incorporated. Press down into the pan and back for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.

Victoria's Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins

Ingredients

Muffins:
Whisk together dry ingredients:
3 cups flour (I like to use 1/2 white & 1/2 whole wheat flours)
1 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon allspice
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Method

Combine wet ingredients:
Beat 2 eggs
Add 1-1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup canola oil

Chop:
2 cups local apples

Streusel Topping:
2 Tablespoons butter
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Combine dry ingredients with whisk. Combine wet ingredients & then mix with dry ingredients, just until moistened. Fold in apples. Scoop batter into 18 muffin cups. Top with streusel topping (cut together butter, sugar, and cinnamon until crumbly). Bake at 375 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes.

Makes: 18 muffins


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