Applesauce Cake With Penuche Frosting Recipe 45

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH PENUCHE FROSTING RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Sift flour, white sugar, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices into a large mixing bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter, buttermilk, and applesauce. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs. Fold in chopped nuts and/or raisins (if using). Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake at 350°F for 50 minutes. Frosting: Melt the butter in a large saucepan. Add the brown sugar and bring to a boil (about 2 minutes) and continue cooking until it thickens (about 1 minute more) Let set for 15 minutes. Mix in hot milk and gradually whisk in the confectioner's sugar. If the frosting becomes too thick, add a little milk. Quickly spread the frosting on the cake. Once the frosting cools, it will become harder with an almost fudge-like texture. NOTE: This frosting is excellent on chocolate cake, too!

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH PENUCHE FROSTING

Steps:

• Make the cake:
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter, add the sugars, a little at a time, and beat the mixture until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce and the egg. Into the butter mixture sift together the flour, the baking soda, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, and the cloves, stir the mixture until it is combined, and add the vanilla, the oats, and the coated raisins. Stir the batter until it is combined well, divide it between 2 well-buttered 8-inch round cake pans, and bake the cake layers in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Turn the layers out onto racks and let them cool completely.
• Make the frosting:
• In a heavy saucepan combine the brown sugar, the butter, the milk, and a pinch of salt, bring the mixture to a boil over moderate heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and cook it, undisturbed, until it registers 234°F. on a candy thermometer. Let the mixture cool to room temperature and whisk it until it is thickened, lightened in color, and beginning to lose its sheen.
• Working quickly, before the frosting begins to harden and crystallize, frost the top of 1 of the cake layers, top it with the other layer, and frost the top and side of the cake. (If the frosting becomes too hard to spread, reheat it over low heat, stirring, until it is of spreading consistency and let it cool.)
• Make pink applesauce:
• In a large heavy saucepan combine the apples, 1/2 cup water, the lemon juice, and the sugar, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes, or until the apples are very tender. Force the mixture through a food mill fitted with the fine disk into a bowl. Serve the applesauce warm or chilled. Makes about 4 cups.

APPLESAUCE CAKE I

Steps:

• Cream butter or margarine with sugar. Add applesauce; beat well. Stir in flour, soda, and spices. Add nuts and raisins.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes, or until done. Serve warm.

NEVER FAIL APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

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.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour (I use Bakers Joy) 3 8x4 inch loaf pans or 1 Bundt cake pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, pudding mix, nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Add applesauce, oil, eggs and water.
• Beat with electric mixer for 3-4 minutes.
• Pour into prepared pans/pan.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes for loaf pan or 1 hour for Bundt pan or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan.
• No frosting needed, can sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

PAULA DEEN'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a 13x9x2" baking pan.
• Cream together the granulated sugar and shortening until fluffy using an electric mixer.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
• In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt.
• Stir the raisins and nuts into the flour mixture.
• Add the flour mixture and applesauce alternately to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the center of the cake is firm to the touch.
• Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.