Sage Apple Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 12 tablespoons butter or 12 tablespoons margarine
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, plus
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons water
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh sage
• 1 cup sage honey applesauce (see sage honey applesauce) or 1 cup use your favorite applesauce
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 apples, peeled and cored
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 grease bundt pan with 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine).
• 2 preheat oven to 350-degrees f.
• 3 sift together first 5 ingredients (flour- cinnamon).
• 4 in a seperate bowl cream 10 tablespoons butter (or margarine) and sugar until light.
• 5 beat in eggs, water and sage.
• 6 stir in applesauce.
• 7 stir in dry ingredients slowly.
• 8 peel and slice apple.
• 9 sprinkle apples with lemon juice.
• 10 place layers of apple slices on bottom and sides of prepared pan.
• 11 pour in batter carefully, trying not to disturb apple slices.
• 12 bake for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 13 cool 1 hour before turning plate for serving.