Archives for January 8, 2010

This is SO GOOD!  I was feeling crappy today and wanted something warm, sweet, and comforting- this definitely delivers!

This is a random old weight watchers recipe that’s been sitting around forever.  I happened to have all the ingredients on hand when the craving for something sweet and delicious hit, so I decided to go for it!  I haven’t gotten the chance to run it through my diet analysis software yet, so I don’t know the calorie count for it, but I do know it’s 3 pts/slice if your a weight watchers person.

I changed the recipe up for what I wanted, but I’ll give the basic recipe first then tell what I did different.

Just look at this!!!

Apple Cake

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup fat free milk
2 Tablespoons butter
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 cup self rising flour (if you don’t have any, use 1 cup regular flour and add 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt to it)
1 1/2 Tablespoon cornstarch
1 large apple
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon sugar

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Coat an 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray.
2. Beat eggs and 1/2 cup of sugar in a large bowl with a mixer until light and fluffy.  Stir in milk, melted butter and vanilla extract.
3. Combine the flour and cornstarch and fold into the cake batter.  Pour mixture into the prepared pan.
4. Layer apple slices in a circular pattern on top of cake.  Combine cinnamon and sugar in a cup and sprinkle over apples.  Bake for 30-35 mins or until a knife comes out clean when inserted.  Cut into 8 pieces and serve.

What I did differently…
I used a bundt pan instead of a regular round cake pan.  I also doubled the recipe.  I layered the apple slices at the bottom of the bundt pan, then the slices that were left over I chopped up and mixed into the batter.  Then I poured the batter over the apple slices.  I also saved the cinnamon/sugar mixture until after the cake was done- then I sprinkled it over the cake after I took it out of the bundt pan.  Oh and I also put about a teaspoon of cinnamon into the cake batter as well.

This cake is delicious and you should definitely make it!  I’m sure it would be just as delish if you followed the recipe exactly.  I was in the mood to get a little crazy though!  Turned out really well, and would be super delicious with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Bible verse of the day…

Anyone still going with theirs or did you give up already? ;)  Just kidding!  Things are going well here.  I still can’t believe I actually made a new years resolution- I’ve never done that before.  But it’s going pretty good- sticking to my calorie count, working out, eating lots of good stuff and not a lot of bad! 

I’m now thinking I’m glad that I made a resolution.  I want to be the happiest and healthiest that I can be.  Justin and I went to a funeral yesterday, and that always makes you think about life.  Justin’s best friends sister died.  I didn’t know her but Justin did.  All through the funeral I kept trying to remember if I had ever met her, but I never could recall if I had.  But as the funeral went on I wished that I did know her.  We got there just as the funeral was starting and we could barely squeeze through the door it was so packed.  The church was completely full and there was a line clear out the door.  We ended up standing along the wall up by the alter of the church.  As the service went on I couldn’t help but look out at all the people that were there.  She seemed like she was a person that was very loved by everyone.  You could just tell by looking out at all of the peoples faces that were grieving.  Yet with the grieving there was a sense of joy there as well- the joy that even though she left kids, a fiancé, lots of friends and family behind they were all happy that she is now in heaven.  It was very touching and sad at the same time.  My heart and my prayers are with the family right now as they are dealing with all of this and all of the legal things that are going along with the accident.  I pray that have comfort in this hard time and that the kids are taken care of through all of this. 

Death is a strange thing.  It does and doesn’t make sense at the same time.  As much as you know that a loved one is in a better place it still hurts so much to lose them.  Does it sometimes seem selfish that we get so upset when someone dies?  Especially if they are suffering?  Or even if they didn’t and it was a sudden and pretty instant death like Tina’s?  You know that since they are in heaven that there is no longer any pain, but yet you still want them here with you.  Maybe not- just a random thought. 

Anyway… it’s never too late to make a resolution to be your happiest and your healthiest!  It doesn’t have to just be on new years and it doesn’t have to be as the result of a tragedy.  Any day is a good time to get your life back on track.  Whatever that may be for you…quitting smoking or drinking or drugs, getting back in church, eating healthier, etc… now is the perfect time!  What are you waiting for?!