Apple-Ginger Snack Cake

Name: Apple-Ginger Snack Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon cinnamon; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar, sifted; 170 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 59 milliliters chopped crystallized ginger; 2 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 907 grams large Granny Smith apples (about , peeled, cored and chopped; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 1 teaspoon salt; 355 milliliters sugar; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters chopped walnuts

This vegetarian recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains around 6g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 470 calories. If you have cream cheese, walnuts, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes.

Instructions

Make cake: Preheat oven to 350F. Mist a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Pan

Oven

Spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet; bake until lightly toasted, 5 to 7 minutes, stirring halfway through. In a bowl, mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt.

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Baking Soda

Cinnamon

Ginger

Spread

All Purpose Flour

Nuts

Salt

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Baking Sheet

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Bowl

In a large bowl, whisk butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture. Fold in apples and walnuts. (Batter will be very thick.)

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Vanilla

Walnuts

Apple

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Spread batter in pan.

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Spread

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Frying Pan

Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Place on a wire rack and let cake cool completely.

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Wire Rack

Make frosting: In a mixing bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat cream cheese and butter. Beat in lemon juice. Reduce speed to low, then add confectioners' sugar gradually. Fold in zest.

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Powdered Sugar