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Applesauce Spice Cake

Applesauce Spice Cake

Kate Schat
My recipe book tells me this recipe for Applesauce Spice Cake originally came from my Auntie Susie, but I'm fairly certain everyone in our family makes it. It has to be one of my favourite cakes of all time. Something about the moist applesauce, flavourful from the spices, add a nice vanilla buttercream...ooooh baby. Yes, it's good with just a little glaze, but a thick buttercream is definitely my favourite.
4.91 from 10 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 548 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup soft butter olive oil or soft coconut oil
  • 2 cups sugar/coconut sugar or 1 cup liquid honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 ½ cups applesauce
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg optional
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice optional
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves optional
  • ½ cup raisins optional
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350F.
  • Grease a pan of your choice. (9x13, bundt pan, 2 dozen cupcakes, or if you want a layer cake, three 8- or 9- inch round pans.)
  • Cream butter and sugar together.
  • Add eggs and beat well.
  • Add 1 cup of the flour, followed by the baking soda, salt and cinnamon (and optional add-ins would go in here too).
  • Add remaining flour, beat well.
  • Add applesauce and you guessed it, beat well.
  • Pour and spread out in your desired baking pans.
  • You're going to have to play the baking time a little by ear here, as different pans and different ovens bake at different times. Luckily, it's so moist it's very forgiving, but you want to bake it until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. SEE NOTES FOR ESTIMATED BAKING TIMES.
  • Let it cool and ice with your desired glaze or frosting, I like a simple vanilla butter cream but sorry I don't have a recipe for it...I just wing it every time!

Notes

Estimated Baking Times

9x13 Pan: 30-35 minutes
Bundt Pan: 40-50 minutes
Cupcakes: 15-20 minutes
8- or 9- inch Round Pans: 15 minutes

Nutrition

Calories: 548kcalCarbohydrates: 93gProtein: 7gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 71mgSodium: 608mgPotassium: 205mgFiber: 3gSugar: 55gVitamin A: 430IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 3mg
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