Apple Gingerbread With Cream Cheese And Nuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. cooking apples (2 to 3)
6 Tbsp. butter (at room temperature)
1/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. vegetable oil
1/4 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. boiling water
1/2 c. dark molasses
4 oz. cream cheese (at room temperature)
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 3/4 c. sifted confectioners sugar
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Stir together apple slices, 2 tablespoons of the butter and brown sugar in 9 x 9 x 2-inch pan.
Bake 20 minutes until apples soften.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt onto wax paper.
Sift again.
Beat together oil and granulated sugar in large bowl; mix 1 minute.
Add egg and 1/2 teaspoon of the vanilla and beat 2 minutes or more until light and thick.
Combine boiling water, molasses in small saucepan.
Stir well.
Add to oil, sugar mixture alternately with dry sifted ingredients.
Pour into pan over apples.
Bake 30 minutes.
Cool.