Brendas Applesauce Cake Recipes

MOTHER'S APPLESAUCE 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.

BRENDA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. 2. Stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl. Stir together sour cream, oil and applesauce in a small bowl. Stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture just to mix. (Do not beat.) Mix in raisins. 3. Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 to 45 minutes. Allow cake to cool to warm or room temperature before slicing into 16 pieces. Serve with Cool Whip and Coffee Ice cream!! yummy!

OLIVIA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine the flour, cloves, nutmeg, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Remove 1/2 cup flour mixture to a small bowl; stir in raisins and nuts. , Add remaining flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisin mixture. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 350° for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

GRANDMA FLORENCE'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix or sift dry ingredients together.
• Add butter butter and applesauce.
• Mix all this together well.
• Pour into a greased tube pan.
• Bake at 350 for about an hour or until toothpick comes out clean.

SCANDINAVIAN SPICED CAKE WITH APPLESAUCE FILLING

Steps:

• For cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly butter 9-inch-diameter cake pan with 2-inch-high sides. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper.
• Mix first 5 ingredients in medium bowl. Dissolve baking soda in 1/4 cup water.
• Using electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar in large bowl until blended. Beat in egg. Gradually beat in molasses. Mix in dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Beat in baking soda mixture. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to rack and cool cake 10 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake. Turn cake out onto rack; peel off paper. Cool completely.
• For filling:.
• Combine all ingredients in heavy medium saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat until thick and reduced to 1 cup, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Transfer filling to small bowl and cool completely. Discard cinnamon stick. (Cake and filling can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover cake and let stand at room temperature. Cover filling with plastic wrap and refrigerate.).
• For frosting:.
• Beat chilled cream, sugar, 2 tablespoons molasses and brandy in large bowl until stiff peaks form. Spoon 3/4 cup frosting into pastry bag fitted with medium star tip.
• Cut cake into 3 equal layers. Using bottom of tart pan as aid, transfer 1 cake layer to platter, cut side up. Spread 1/2 cup applesauce filling over. Spread 1 cup frosting over. Repeat layering with 1 cake layer, 1/2 cup filling and 1 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread some of remaining frosting thinly over top and sides of cake. Press almonds onto sides of cake. Drizzle remaining.
• 1 tablespoon molasses over top of cake. Pipe remaining frosting around top edge of cake. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or up to 6 hours.

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.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and lightly grease an 8-inch cake tin.
• In a deep saucepan over medium heat, combine the apples, 4 tablespoons water, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, chopped lemon peel and lemon juice. Barely cover with water, bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the mixture reduces and thickens -- about 20 minutes. Mash the mixture to a smooth consistency.
• Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the vanilla, and beat well; then the egg, and beat well.
• Add butter mixture to the apple mixture. Into a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Add the pecans, raisins, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir well.
• Add the dry mixture to the apple mixture and stir to make a smooth batter. Transfer to the greased cake tin. Smooth the top with a spatula or knife, and bake for about 1 hour and 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.