Ultimate Coffee Cake

By shawnanewton

Ingredients

• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 1/2 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/4 lb. butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 c. honey plus 1 Tbsp.
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. skim milk
• 1/2 c. low-fat yogurt
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
• 3 c. peeled and sliced baking apples
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 c. raisins
• 1/4 c. chopped nuts

Preparation

Step 1

Combine baking soda, baking powder and flour. In a large bowl, cream together butter and 1/2 c. of honey until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Combine milk, yogurt, vanilla and lemon juice. Alternately add ddry and wet ingredients to creamed mixture, and blend thoroughly.

Coat 8 x 10" pan or tube pan with non-stick spray (or use non-stick pans). Pur in half of batter. Mix half of apples with raisins and 1 tsp. cinnamon. Spread over batter. Drip half of remaining honey over cinnamon mixture. Add remaining batter and cover with rest of apples. Combine nuts and remaining cinnamon, and sprinkle on top of apples. Drizzle remaining Tbsp. of honey on top. Bake at 375 about 45 mins.