Brown Butter Apple Yogurt Snack Cake

Perfect for breakfast, snack or dessert, this snack cake is loaded with flavor from apples and spices without being loaded with fat and sugar. That means you can eat it for breakfast, snack, and dessert! (Oh, and this time it was my husband who started eating the piece as soon as the picture taking process was over!)

The texture is more like that of a quick bread, and the moisture from the applesauce and yogurt makes it easy to eat with minimal crumbs. Perfect for rushing out the door on busy mornings! Or, if you prefer a more leisurely way of eating it, trying heating it up and putting a dollop of whipped cream on it. . .yum!

Either way, this cake has fall written all over it, and your house will be filled with the most amazing smells while it bakes! The nuttiness from the brown butter, the sweetness of the apples, and all of the spices. . .way better than a candle! :)

Brown Butter Apple Yogurt Snack Cake
Yield: 9 pieces

Ingredients

• 1 C whole wheat flour
• 1/2 C white whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/8 tsp ginger
• 1/4 C granulated sugar substitute
• 1/4 C pure maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/3 C butter
• 1/4 C unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 C plain Greek yogurt
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/4 C water
• 1 C finely chopped apples

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray an 8x8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
2. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium heat stirring occasionally to prevent scorching. Continue cooking until butter turns light golden brown. Set aside to cool.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together sugar substitute, maple syrup, vanilla, applesauce, yogurt, and eggs until creamy. Beat in cooled butter.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Add water. Beat on low until well-combined.
5. Gently stir in chopped apples.
6. Spread batter into prepared baking dish. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until just starting to turn light golden brown and toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
7. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before cutting. Store leftovers in an airtight container.