Old Fashioned Applesauce Spice Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease a 9-inch square pan with olive oil. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• In a large bowl mix brown sugar and olive oil on medium speed with an electric mixer. Mix until blended. Add applesauce and mix well. Add flour mixture all at once. Beat on low speed until well blended. Stir in raisins and walnuts. Spoon batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into squares. Serve plain, dusted with powdered sugar, or frosted with whipped cream.

Steps:

• Place raisins and hot water in a small bowl; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm or cold.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease & flour a 13 X 9 pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce, and oil in a large bowl.
• Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• Stir in nuts.
• Pour into pan.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
• Invert onto cooling rack, then turn right side up.
• Cool completely.
• For frosting:.
• Combine vanilla frosting and cinnamon.
• Stir until well blended.
• Spread over cooled cake.
• ENJOY!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 12-cup nonstick Bundt pan. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs and beat well.
• Combine the raisins, currants, and walnuts in a small bowl. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of flour and toss to coat to prevent sinking during baking. Whisk remaining flour with other dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat flour mixture into butter mixture alternating with applesauce. Reduce to low speed and beat in raisins, currants, and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let cool in pan 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Sift flour, white sugar, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices into a large mixing bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter or margarine, buttermilk, and applesauce. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs. Fold in 3/4 cup chopped nuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes.
• Mix confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, and add 1 cup chopped pecans. Keep stirring until browned. Stir cooled pecans into cream cheese mixture. Frost the cooled cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
• Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and soda. Set aside.
• Cream together 1/2 cup butter and 2 cups brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs. Add flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in the raisins, dates, and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool on wire rack.
• To make icing, melt 1/2 cup butter or margarine in a small saucepan over low heat; stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Boil for 2 minutes. Stir in milk, and continue to stir until the mixture returns to a boil. Remove from heat, and cool for 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Frost cooled cake.

Steps:

• Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs; add applesauce and mix well.
• Stir dry ingredients into mixture, alternating with water.
• Blend fruit and nuts into batter.
• Pour into greased and floured 9"x13" pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes.
• Cool in pan and frost.
• Make frosting: Combine brown sugar, 1/4 cup milk and 3 tablespoons butter in top of double boiler.
• Cook rapidly for about 3 minutes, stirring.
• Cool to luke warm and add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Beat in confectioner's sugar to right consistency.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the applesauce, sugar, shortening and eggs. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves; gradually beat into applesauce mixture until blended. Stir in the raisins, chocolate chips and walnuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.