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Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Healthy Harvest Fresh Apple Cake
Every October, I find myself craving a piece of my mom's fresh apple cake.
The apple cake recipe with fresh apples she made every fall when apple harvest season arrived in Connecticut.
Healthy Fresh Apple Cake
The same apple and cinnamon cake I began making every fall during college. It's a wonderful old-fashioned recipe, very similar to this recipe for fresh apple cake. It's a great cake, but loaded with fat and sugar.
Recipe Notes
This year I found myself craving a different kind of fresh apple cake.
A light, healthy, low-fat apple cake that would be both delicious and better for me. One that wouldn't shoot my blood sugar sky high and pack on the pounds.
I found exactly what I was looking for in The Sugar Solution Cookbook (affiliate link) - a healthy apple cake recipe that strikes a healthy balance between taste and nutrition and is easy to make.
As the book explains, apples are low in calories and full of pectin, a fiber that slows digestion and helps control your blood sugar and lower cholesterol.
Of course, you realize that the healthiest way to get your apple-a-day is by eating them whole and unpeeled, which is what I do most of the time.
But every fall, for a few days, I opt for a slice of healthy fresh apple cake instead.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Cake?
According to my calculations each serving has just 217 calories and:
8 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
6 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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My new favorite fresh apple cake mixes quickly thanks to baking mix and has just 160 calories per slice. This Cinnamon-Apple Upside Down Cake, with its caramelized apple topping, is perfect for brunch, coffee break, after dinner dessert or as a late night snack!
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If you like this healthy harvest fresh apple cake, be sure to check out my other Weight Watchers friendly recipes including: Slow Cooker Apple Cake, Fresh Apple Brownies, Skinny Slow Cooker Cranberry Apple Cake, Easy Applesauce Oatmeal Cookies and Apple Pear Cranberry Crisp
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Healthy Harvest Fresh Apple Cake Recipe
A fresh apple cake that's both healthy and delicious. It's packed with fresh apples and cinnamon, which are both good for helping to control blood sugar.
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time40 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Servings (adjustable): 12
Calories: 217
Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living
Ingredients
- 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1-½ cups whole grain pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- ⅓ cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup raisins
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Coat a 9 x 9-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine the apples and brown sugar, stirring to coat the apples well. Let stand for 30 minutes, giving the mixture a stir every once in a while.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt.
In a small bowl (affiliate link), stir the oil, buttermilk, egg and vanilla together until well blended.
Add the egg mixture to the apple mixture along with the walnuts and raisins and stir until combined.
Add the flour mixture and stir until well blended.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and spread it out evenly.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Equipment
Recipe Notes
I used 2 teaspoons Pampered Chef Cinnamon Plus instead of the cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg and substituted dried cranberries for the raisins with yummy results.
I sprinkled the top with about a teaspoon of Pampered Chef Sweet Apple Sprinkles. You could use sanding sugar instead if you wanted.
Click here to see your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site.
8 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
8 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
6 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition Facts
Healthy Harvest Fresh Apple Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 217Calories from Fat 90
% Daily Value*
Fat 10g15%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 3g6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple nut cake, apple walnut cake, raisin apple cake
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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
Source: The Sugar Solution Cookbook: More Than 200 Delicious Recipes to Balance Your Blood Sugar Naturally (affiliate link) by the Editors of Prevention with Ann Fittante, M.S. R.D.
This video shows how to make apple cinnamon cake - a healthy, low-fat, vegan recipe:
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- Caramel Apple Loaf (DrizzleMeSkinny)
- Fresh Apple Bran Muffins (SkinnyKitchen)
- Apple Cinnamon Smoothie (HungryGirl)
Watch as Stephanie of JoyofBaking.com demonstrates how she makes her own version of fresh apple cake:
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Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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