Whole Wheat Applesauce Snack Cake Recipes

APPLESAUCE WHOLE WHEAT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Lightly grease a 6" cake pan. Use a 9" cake pan for double the recipe.
• In a medium sized bowl mix or whisk together all the dry ingredients; wheat flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves until well blended.
• In a large bowl, cream together sugar and butter.
• Add the eggs and beat well.
• Fold in dry ingredients alternating with applesauce. Fold or mix until just combined and do not over beat.
• Stir in raisins and walnuts until just mixed.
• Pour the batter into a prepared pan and bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 - 50 minutes. It took 37-38 minutes in my oven. In mini loaf pans bake time was 35 minutes.
• Let the cake cool for 10 minutes in the pan, turn the cake onto a cooling rack and let cool completely.
• Dust the top of the cake with powdered sugar and serve. If you are like me, eat it as is.
• Store the cake in a covered container at room temperature for 3 days or freeze it upto 3 months.

WHOLE WHEAT APPLESAUCE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients all together.
• Spread into a greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips if desired.
• Bake for 350°F for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.

APPLESAUCE WHOLE WHEAT CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour a 10 inch bundt pan or tube pan.
• In mixing bowl, combine sugar and butter, beat until mixed.
• Add egg and beat until light in colour.
• Add yogurt and beat until mixed.
• Beat in applesauce, orange rind and vanilla.
• In another bowl, combine flours, bran, cinnamon, baking soda and raisins, stir to mix Pour dry ingredients over applesauce mixture and stir just until combined.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake in 325 degrees oven for 70 or 80 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Remove from oven.
• Let cool on rack for 20 minutes, then remove from pan and place on wire rack to finish cooling.

APPLESAUCE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 325°F
• Cut 16" length parchment paper or aluminum foil and fold lengthwise to 7" width; spray 8" square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and fit parchment into dish, pushing it into corners and up sides, allow excess to overhang edges of dish.
• Bring apples and cider to simmer in small saucepan over medium heat; cook until liquid evaporates and mixture appears dry, about 15 minutes, cool to room temperature.
• Whisk flour and baking soda in medium bowl to combine; set aside.
• In second medium bowl, whisk sugar and spices; measure 2 TBSP of sugar-spice mixture into small bowl and set aside for topping.
• In food processor, process cooled dried-apple mixture and applesauce until smooth, about 20-30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl as needed; set aside.
• Whisk egg and salt in large bowl to combine.
• Add sugar-spice mixture and whisk continuously until well combined and light coloured, about 20 seconds.
• Add butter in 3 additions, whisking thoroughly after each.
• Add applesauce mixture and vanilla, whisk to combine.
• Add flour mixture to wet ingredients; using rubber spatula, fold gently until just combined and evenly moistened.
• Turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing out top with rubber spatula.
• Sprinkle reserved 2 TBSP sugar-spice mixture evenly over top of batter.
• Bake until wooden skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Run knife along cake edges without parchment to release; remove cake from pan by lifting parchment overhang and transfer to cutting board.
• Cut cake and serve.
• Variations:
• Ginger-Cardamom Applesauce Snack Cake.
• Follow recipe for Applesauce Snack Cake omitting cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; whisk 1/2 tsp ground ginger and 1/4 tsp ground cardamom into sugar in Step 3; measure 2 TBSP sugar-spice mixture into a small bowl, add 1 TBSP finely chopped cyrstallized ginger and set aside for topping in Step 5.
• Applesauce Snack Cake with Oat-Nut Streusel.
• Follow recipe for Applesauce Snack Cake through Step 2; in Step 3, measure 2 TBSP brown sugar, 1/3 c chopped pecans or walnuts, and 1/3 c old-fashioned or quick cook oats; work in 2 TBSP softened unsalted butter by rubbing mixture between fingers until fully incorporated; pinch mixture into hazelnut-sized clumps and sprinkle evenly over batter before baking.

WHOLE-WHEAT APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine the apples, 1/2 cup light-brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and ground cloves, and set aside. Sift together the flours, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl, and set aside. Butter a 9-inch spring-form pan, and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, until well combined. Add the vanilla extract, and combine. Add the reserved flour mixture and yogurt, and stir just until well combined. Fold in 2/3 of the reserved apple mixture. Spoon half the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining apples evenly over batter. Top with remaining batter, and smooth with a spatula. Sprinkle top with remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar. Bake until golden brown and a cake tester comes out clean, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes. Cover with foil after 45 minutes of baking. Cool 20 minutes before releasing from the pan.

WHOLE WHEAT APPLE SNACK BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 7-inch square baking tin, or line with paper liners.
• Whisk brown sugar, applesauce, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Stir into egg mixture until moistened.
• Spoon 1/2 the batter into the prepared baking tin and spread evenly. Place apple slices on top and cover with remaining batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top springs back lightly when pressed, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before removing from the tin and cutting into bars, about 30 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT APPLESAUCE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Stir applesauce, peanut oil, and water into flour mixture until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Drop golf ball-sized spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until biscuits are browned, 10 to 12 minutes.