Saito's Birthday Cake

• 1/2 cup Canola oil
• 1/2 cup Unsweetened apple sauce
• 1/4 cup Sour cream
• 4 Eggs
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/2 cip Apple, finely chopped

Icing:

• 1/2 pkg Cream cheese, softened (4 oz)
• 4 oz Peanut butter
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 2 tps Vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 2 - 8" cake pans.

In a large mixinf bowl, cream the canola oil, applesauce, and sour cream at medium speed. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.

Sift the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add the sifted ingredients to the large bowl and beat until combined. Fold in the apple.

Divide the batter between the 2 pans.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool cake in pans for 10 minutes before transferring cake to cooling rack.

Allow cake to cool completely before frosting.

ICING::

In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth.

Add the peanut butter and beat until smooth.

Slowly add the milk and vanilla and beat until creamy.

Using an offset spatula, frost the cake layers with a thin layer of frosting.

Refrigerate cake for 20 minutes before applying a second layer of frosting. Decorate cake as you see fit... keep in mind, no chocolate and try not to use anything with sugar!

~**ENJOY!**~

**Don't forget your best friend on their birthday! You both can share this treat =) **

Oatmeal Cake

• 3 cups rolled oats
• a pinch of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbs ground flax, optional
• 1 tbp cinnamon
• 1 tbp pumpkin or apple pie spice
• 1 cup milk - low fat dairy, rice milk, or soymilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 granny smith apple, peeled, cored, and diced
• 1 banana, diced (as best you can, it will smoosh if ripe)
• 1/2 cup craisins
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 1 tbp honey
• 1 tbp butter, optional, for taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the dry ingredients (first six ingredients) together in a large mixing bowl. Then, add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.

Grease a 9X9 glass baking dish and pour mixture into it. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

When slightly cool, cut into squares. Store leftovers in the refrigerator, warming individual portions in the microwave.

~**ENJOY!!!**~

**This is great as a snack, breakfast, or even a dessert... and best of all it's healthy while still tasting great!!**