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Applesauce Cake
Moist Applesauce cake is flavored with your favorite holiday spices like cinnamon and brown sugar. Simple and cozy, enjoy a slice for dessert or breakfast.
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Flavored with warm, holiday spices, Applesauce Cake is a moist and tender spice cake made with applesauce, raisins, and walnuts. This cozy treat is perfect for social gatherings this holiday season.
Fluffy and moist, this old-fashioned applesauce cake recipe is the perfect balance of your favorite fall flavors like cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg, and cloves. Then the tender cake is topped with a luscious layer of cream cheese frosting.
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Fluffy and moist, this old-fashioned cake recipe is the perfect balance of your favorite fall flavors like cinnamon, brown sugar, nutmeg, and cloves. Then the tender cake is topped with a luscious layer of cream cheese frosting.
This easy-to-make fall treat is made from pantry staples, making it a perfect addition to your holiday menus. You’ll want to take it to family gatherings, potlucks, or any other social get-togethers.
Simple and cozy, you’ll want to curl up and enjoy a slice of cake for breakfast or dessert. Serve your Applesauce Cake with a cup of tea or coffee.
Applesauce Cake Ingredients
- Flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Cinnamon
- Salt
- Nutmeg
- Cloves
- Butter - softened
- Sugar - granulated white sugar
- Sugar - light brown sugar
- Eggs - room temperature
- Vanilla Extract
- Applesauce - cinnamon applesauce
- Milk - whole milk is preferred, but you can use any milk or milk alternative
- Raisins
- Walnuts - chopped
Not everyone likes raisins in their cake, and that’s okay. You could add cranberries instead or even finely grated carrots, a finely diced apple, or crushed pineapple that has been well-drained. Oatmeal, coconut, and pumpkin are delicious additions as well. If you aren’t a fan of walnuts you could substitute pecans or your favorite kind of nut.
Want to sweeten up your cake? Add in one-half to a full cup of chocolate chips. You could use milk chocolate, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate chips. Don’t feel limited to baking your cake in a 9x13 pan. You could also bake this recipe as muffins or in a bundt cake pan.
While this cake tastes delicious slathered in a layer of cream cheese frosting, there are other topping choices as well. You could dust the cake with powdered sugar or drizzle a thin glaze over the top.
How to Make Applesauce Cake
FIRST STEP: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
SECOND STEP: In a small bowl pour the milk and place the raisins in the milk. Let them sit while preparing the rest of the cake.
THIRD STEP: Prepare a 9x13 pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
FOURTH STEP: In a medium-size bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
FIFTH STEP: In a large bowl beat together butter and sugars until mixed.
SIXTH STEP: Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed together.
SEVENTH STEP: Add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter/sugar mixture and beat just until combined.
EIGHTH STEP: Add the applesauce and mix on low just until combined.
NINTH STEP: Add the raisins and milk mixture and walnuts and mix until just combined.
TENTH STEP: Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
ELEVENTH STEP: Once the cake has cooled frost with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
What can I add to my Applesauce Cake?
Cranberries, finely grated carrots, oatmeal, coconut, diced apple, pumpkin, and chocolate chips are all delicious additions.
What toppings can I use on my cake?
Applesauce cake tastes wonderful with cream cheese icing, a glaze of powdered sugar icing, or a sprinkle of powdered sugar. Chopped walnuts or pecans make for a nice presentation.
Can this cake be frozen?
If you plan to freeze the cake, do not frost the cake until you are ready to serve it. Wrap the unfrosted cake well and store it in a freezer-safe container for two to three months.
How to Store Applesauce Cake
IN THE FRIDGE: Cream cheese frosting should not be left out at room temperature. Store leftover applesauce cake in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
IN THE FREEZER: Unfrosted cake can be wrapped in plastic wrap and stored in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for 2 to 3 months. Thaw cake in the refrigerator and then frost if desired.
Applesauce Cake
Moist Applesauce cake is flavored with your favorite holiday spices like cinnamon and brown sugar. Simple and cozy, enjoy a slice for dessert or breakfast.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups cinnamon applesauce
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl pour the milk and place the raisins in the milk. Let them sit while preparing the rest of the cake.
- Prepare a 9x13 pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
- In a medium-size bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
- In a large bowl beat together butter and sugars until mixed.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed together.
- Add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter/sugar mixture and beat just until combined.
- Add the applesauce and mix on low just until combined.
- Add the raisins and milk mixture and walnuts and mix until just combined.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Once the cake has cooled frost with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
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Notes
CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and beat on low until powdered sugar is mostly mixed in.
- Add cream, vanilla, cinnamon and salt and mix on medium speed until all smooth and creamy.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 379kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 304mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 409IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2mg
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Comments
Janice says
This recipe is so good. My son, his girlfriend and my grandson went nuts over this. I made the cake with diced apples, no raisins and no clove ( I hate clove), and I didn't add the cinnamon to the frosting, but I did sprinkle cinnamon on top of it. Otherwise, made this as written. I'm telling you, I can't imagine an applesauce cake being better than this.