Wonderful Applesauce Spice Cake Recipes

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:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
• In a large bowl cream together the shortening and brown sugar and white sugar together until light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in the eggs to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Add in the dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce and water.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Cool, dust with confectioners' sugar or serve topped with whipped cream.
• Delicious!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce and oil in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into bake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto cooling rack. Turn right-side up. Cool completely.
• For frosting, combine frosting and cinnamon; stir until blended. Spread over cooled cake.

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:

• In a bowl mix the first 8 ingredients.
• Add the buttermilk, margarine, shortening,and vanilla.
• Beat with an electric mixer on low for 2 minutes and then on high speed.
• Add the eggs and beat again.
• Pour in a 13x9x2 greased cake pan.
• Baked on 350 for 30-35 minutes.
• Cool and frost.

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.

Steps:

• Make cake:
• Place oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter pan and set aside.
• Whisk together flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in a bowl.
• Beat together sugar, butter, and rum with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until combined well, then add egg and beat until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes with a stand mixer or 5 to 6 minutes with a handheld. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, mixing until combined well. Add applesauce and mix until combined well.
• Spread batter evenly in springform pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then remove side of pan and cool completely.
• Make icing:
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan, then add sugar and evaporated milk and simmer, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in rum, vanilla, salt, and remaining tablespoon butter, then whisk in confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Cool to warm, about 20 minutes, then spread over cooled cake.