Double Apple Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large apples
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 pinch salt
2/3 cup applesauce
TOPPING
3 tablespoons packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons water
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Peel, core and thinly slice apples; set aside.
In bowl, beat sugar with butter until crumbly.
Beat in egg, yogurt and vanilla.
Combine flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda and salt; fold into butter mixture alternately with applesauce, making 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet.
Spoon into lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
Arrange apples in overlapping concentric circles on top.
TOPPING: Combine sugar, water and cinnamon; brush over apples.
Bake for 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes.
Remove side of pan; let cool completely.