A German Apple Cake, made with a sugar substitute and suitable for diabetics and weight-watchers, featured apple slices topped with cinnamon.

1/4	cup	margarine, softened
2	tablespoons	strawberry spreadable fruit
5	teaspoons	Equal for recipes or 16 packets Equal sweetener or 2/3 cup Equal Spoonful
1/4	cup	skim milk
1	teaspoon	vanilla
1	cup	self-rising flour
1	medium	Granny Smith apple
2	teaspoons	lemon juice
1/2	teaspoon	ground cinnamon
1/4	teaspoon	Equal for recipes or 1 packet Equal sweetener or 2 teaspoons Equal Spoonful

• Beat margarine, spreadable fruit and 5 teaspoons Equal for recipes until creamy. Blend egg, milk and vanilla; add to margarine mixture alternately with flour. (Mixture will be thick).
• Spoon batter into greased and waxed-paper-lined 8-inch round cake pan.
• Peel and core apple and cut into slices; toss with lemon juice. Arrange decoratively over cake batter.
• Bake in preheated 350-degree oven until toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Turn onto wire rack with apple on top.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon Equal for recipes while cake is still warm.