Applesauce Cake- A Vintage Recipe
If you've been looking for a delicious spice cake that looks as good as it tastes you've arrived! A rich moist cake you can bake in a bundt pan, square or as a layer cake, and smother it in creamy cinnamon cream cheese frosting. xo
Servings 8
Calories 390kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 ¾ cup sifted all purpose flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp cloves
- 1/4 cup ground flax
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup raisins
Instructions
- !Cake
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Cream butter and sugar
- Beat in eggs one at a time
- Stir in molasses - set aside
- Sift flour with baking powder, salt, and spices
- Add wheat germ and raisins to the dry mixture
- Mix the dry mixture into the wet, alternatively with the applesauce
- Pour into a prepared pan
- Bake 350F in a 9” square - 55 min
- 2- 8” round pans - 40 min
- 1 bundt pan - 55 to 60 minutes
- !Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 pkg whole fat cream cheese
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
- Combine all ingredients and beat until creamy and stiff
- Frost your cooled cake and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 359mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 37g
