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I made this Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake as an experiment.  I’ve never really been mad at sugar, so I’ve never felt the need to use a sugar substitute in my baking. Weird for somebody who only drinks diet soda, huh?

And that’s why I broke down and decided to try Domino Light, an all-natural pure cane sugar and stevia blend with half the calories of sugar.

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Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake

(a Domino Sugar recipe)

Ingredients

Apple Filling
2 – large Granny Smith apples; peeled and finely chopped
2 T lemon juice
2 T Domino® Light sugar 
1 tsp cinnamon
Cake
1 1/2 cups – all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup Domino® Light sugar 
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla
3 – large eggs, room temperature
Crumb Topping
1/2 cup butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Domino® Light sugar 
1 T cinnamon

Directions

1. Place chopped apples in a bowl and toss with lemon juice. Pour out remaining lemon juice, then add Domino® Light and cinnamon. Cook apples in a microwave for 1 minute and set aside to cool.

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2. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and lightly flour a 13”x9”x2” baking pan; set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream Domino® Light and butter with electric mixer on medium speed, until light and fluffy. Add sour cream and vanilla, mix. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of bowl with each addition. Reduce to a low speed, slowly add flour mixture into wet ingredients.

4. Pour into prepared baking pan. Layer apple filling evenly over cake batter. Bake 18-20 minutes.

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5. In a medium bowl, combine all topping ingredients by hand, until mixture forms crumbs. Once cake is baked, sprinkle crumbs evenly over the top.

6. Continue baking for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes before cutting into slices.

Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake

In terms of how Domino Light performed as a baking ingredient, it behaved exactly like sugar. And, as far as taste… I couldn’t even tell the difference. When my friend came over, she claimed she could tell, but now I’m wondering if it’s because I told her beforehand. Oops. However, she said the cake was absolutely delicious!

Since there are no artificial ingredients in Domino Light and it only has 5 calories per serving (and I have a lot left), I’m going to try and “lighten up” a few more holiday recipes this year!

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Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Servings 16
Author Liz

Ingredients

Apple Filling

  • 2 - large Granny Smith apples peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons Domino® Light sugar
  • 1 teaspoons cinnamon

Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups - all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 3/4 cup Domino® Light sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 - large eggs room temperature

Crumb Topping

  • 1/2 cup butter chilled and cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Domino® Light sugar
  • 1 T cinnamon

Instructions

  • Place chopped apples in a bowl and toss with lemon juice. Pour out remaining lemon juice, then add Domino® Light and cinnamon. Cook apples in a microwave for 1 minute and set aside to cool.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and lightly flour a 13”x9”x2” baking pan; set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream Domino® Light and butter with electric mixer on medium speed, until light and fluffy. Add sour cream and vanilla, mix. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of bowl with each addition. Reduce to a low speed, slowly add flour mixture into wet ingredients.
  • Pour into prepared baking pan. Layer apple filling evenly over cake batter. Bake 18-20 minutes.
  • In a medium bowl, combine all topping ingredients by hand, until mixture forms crumbs. Once cake is baked, sprinkle crumbs evenly over the top.
  • Continue baking for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool 10 minutes before cutting into slices.

About Liz

Liz is a midwestern mom gone southern (accent in transition). She lives in North Carolina and loves cooking, baking, traveling, movies, crafts, hot and cold tea, wine, pizza and the occasional nap. She also revels in the fact she's a crazy cat lady.

Comments

  17. Jennifer R says

    I would like to use this product to lighten up my baked oatmeal recipe.
    reejen at comcast dot net

  21. MelissaO says

    I love to make banana, chocolate chip, peanut butter muffins and would so love to lighten it up with Domino Light!

    wolverina401 at gmail dot com

  22. Mary M. says

    I’m always looking for an easy sugar cookie dough recipe to make with my girls. I usually discard recipes because there is too much butter or sugar used, but I would like to try fun new recipes with Domino Light!

  56. Vill Schiff says

    The recipe that I would lighten up would be these reese’s peanutbutter cup brownies that I make around winter.

  67. Krystal M says

    Mm, that looks really good! One of the recipes I would like to lighten up is cookies or cake.

  99. LeeAnn says

    I would try and lighten up some of my fudge recipes. I wonder how they would come out since fudge is mostly sugar? I think I will have to make some and find out…

  109. Sara Weekley says

    I don’t mean to steal your Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake recipe but it looks absolutely delicious. I am going to make it tonight, Yumm Thanks for this recipe

  142. Sue Hull says

    Yours! Oh Yum-O! LOL! I don’t bake,that’s what my mom & sister love to do. I just eat the fruits of their labor.LOL! Your cake looks absolutely delish. Thank you for the awesome giveaway! 🙂

  161. Kayleen Considine says

    I don’t really cook much, but I think that any recipe that calls for sugar would benefit from using Domino Light!!

  174. NGS says

    I have an apple crisp recipe that calls for just about as much brown sugar as all the other ingredients combined…it could be healthified, I guess!!

  175. Susan Ladd says

    I would like to try on a Orange Spice Cake. I want to thank you for this awesome sweep 🙂 Thanks !!!!

  207. Elizabeth Scheller says

    I made a pecan pie for Thanksgiving. The Domino’s Light would have worked out great! I’ll try it for Christmas.

  216. Crystal F says

    I put a little sugar on peanut butter sandwhiches for my girls. I will have to look into switching sugars. Thank you!

  257. denise says

    This cake looks delicious. My husband is diabetic and this product looks promising. I can’t wait to make this cake! Thanks

  263. Stephanie says

    That sounds like an awesome product. I’m always looking for opportunities to use less sugar and save calories. I can’t wait to try it in my holiday brownies.

  283. Suzanne B. says

    I’d like to make my own cranberry sauce with Domino sugar instead of real sugar. That would be much better!

  308. Victoria R. says

    Red Velvet Cupcakes for sure! They are my favorite but it would be great to cut some calories in them!

  309. Sml Footprints says

    I made cranberry sauce from scratch this year and it was great but used a lot of sugar so I’d like to lighten it up. 🙂

  312. Jenny Sims says

    I think this would be great for everyday use, in beverages/oatmeal/anything I sweeten regularly!

  347. Erin @ Making Memories says

    I can’t believe I’ve never used this. Half the calories?! Awesome! Every little bit helps during the holidays! I make a killer pound cake and would love to see what it would be like with this. That would be perfect!

  358. Rachel says

    I would love to try the recipe you made, The Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake. It looks really good! 🙂

  368. jayedee says

    oh yum! just in time for the christmas baking season! i’d lighten up pies, cookies…candy! the possibilities are endless, aren’t they?

  375. Shelly Hill says

    Homemade banana nut bread…I make banana bread or banana muffins often and definitely need to lighten them up

  381. Louis says

    this would be great for christmas baking to substitute the sugar in my vanilla almond crescents
    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

  397. julie cutshaw says

    I have been saving any glass jars that I come across or empty out that I think are pretty inorder that I can make sweet treats as gifts for Christmas and store them inside and then make it crafty in apperance by hanging two items from it that I make one will be a fabric padded circle lid topper that can serve as a drink coaster and then put the recipe of the item inside the jar on the side with a decorative card so they can make it again themselves. So I’m glad I saw this post because I found lots of great ideas on the Dominos Sugar web site like the Almond Butter Toffee which I will be making for sure, thanks for inspiring me 🙂
    http://www.dominosugar.com/recipe/almond-butter-toffee-9077

  405. Margaret Smith says

    I’d like to lighten up sugar cookies. My family and I love them, but I’d rather have them a bit healthier.

  413. Mary Beth Elderton says

    I’d like to ilghten up my recipe for Pineapple Upside Down Cake. In fact, I’d love to use Domino Light in a lot of recipes.

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