🍎🍋✨ Low Point Apple Lemon Cake ✨🍰

This Low Point Apple Lemon Cake is moist, tangy, and bursting with natural sweetness from apples and lemons. A perfect dessert or snack that’s Weight Watchers-friendly!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar substitute (like Stevia or Monk Fruit)
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 medium apple, peeled, cored, and finely diced

Optional Garnish:

  • A dusting of powdered sugar substitute
  • Thin apple slices or lemon zest for decoration

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat the Oven

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Lightly spray a 9-inch round or square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 2: Mix the Dry Ingredients

  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together:
    • Self-rising flour
    • Sugar substitute
    • Baking powder
    • Salt

Step 3: Combine Wet Ingredients

  1. In another bowl, mix:
    • Unsweetened applesauce
    • Lemon juice
    • Lemon zest
    • Egg
    • Vanilla extract

Step 4: Make the Batter

  1. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until just combined.
  2. Gently fold in the diced apple.

Step 5: Bake the Cake

  1. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
  2. Bake for 25–30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Step 6: Cool and Serve

  1. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  2. Dust with powdered sugar substitute or garnish with thin apple slices and lemon zest if desired.