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Applesauce Cake??

15 years ago

I accidentally defrosted two bags of applesauce instead of one. Anyone have a good T & T recipe for a single layer cake using applesauce?

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lindac
15 years ago
Yep....will post in a bit....
Terri_PacNW
15 years ago
Here's mine: It's from my grandmothers stash..and it reminds me of "gingerbread". It's very tasty.
Grandma's One Bowl Applesauce Cake

2 1/4 c flour
1 t salt
1 t soda
1 t cinnamon
1/2 c butter
1 c molasses
1 egg
1 c applesauce
up to 1 c raisins (optional)

Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Cut in butter, add egg, molasses and applesauce. Beat Well. Stir in raisins. Bake in greased, floured 8" square pan at 350F for 40-45 minutes. Turn out on cake rake. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar or glaze.
Glaze: Mix 1 1/2 T of lemon juice with 1 c confectioners sugar.

Here's another that's in my recipe box. My mom made this when I was growing up.

From C&H Sugar

3/4 c raisins
1/2 c boiling water
1/2 c shortening
1 1/2 c brown sugar
1 t salt
1/2 t each cinnamon, cloves and allspice
2 eggs, unbeaten
1 1/2 c thick applesauce
2 1/2 c flour
3/4 c chopped walnuts
2 t soda

Combine raisins and boiling water; set aside. In mixing bowl, beat shortening, sugar, salt, spices and eggs until creamy smooth and fluffy. Scrape bowl often. Blend in applesauce, then flour and walnuts. Stir soda into undrained raisins; add to the batter and mix well. Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan. Bake at 350F for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done.
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My apple cake with the gravy, because it is very heavy with apples is not good as a layer cake, doesn't cut well and with 4 cups of apples, it's heavy!. But it is spectacular as a 9 by 12 cake....with gravy on each square....passed warm in a pitcher....with maybe a small scoop of vanilla ice cream....and the "gravy" over the top. You can probably cut 16 pieces out of one cake....but....it's also very good for breakfast!! I have used this one for a layered birthday cake....with a caramel frosting...or maybe a burnt sugar....I forget. I cut back a little on the nutmeg....I think 1 tsp is a bit much and for a layer cake, that recipe makes 2 8 inch layers. And I always use my own applesauce. When I am making applesauce, I reserve a cup and make this cake. Cake, Applesauce, mine 1 egg beaten 1/2 cup shorteningÃ¯Â¿Â½I use butter 1 cup of sugar 1 cup cold unsweetened applesauce 1 3/4 cups AP flour 1 tsp soda 3/4 tsps salt 1 tsp nutmeg 1 1/2 tsps cinnamon 1/4 tsp powdered cloves 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup raisins and nuts cut upÃ¯Â¿Â½optional Sift together, flour soda, salt and spices Cream shortening, beat in sugar, beat in the egg and the applesauce and vanillaÃ¯Â¿Â½.add the flour etc and pour into a greased 8 Ã¯Â¿Â½ by 11 pan and bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutesÃ¯Â¿Â½.until a pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
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No problem, Ci_lantro! When I typed the recipe, there were spaces between items. g-web doesn't like the way I do my recipes, I guess. Sometimes they don't even like spaces between lines when I post a comment. The flavor is great. Even without it being made with my grandmother's home made applesauce, it still is one of the recipes that tastes like I remember it as a kid. Grandma had a small orchard that had mostly Jonathon and McIntosh apples in it. She always left the peel on the apples when she cooked them for sauce, and it was always PINK applesauce. She never canned it, just froze it. To this day, I don't like most store bought applesauce. It just doesn't taste right. And if I find one I do like, the next time I buy it, it doesn't taste the same. Tami
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lindac
15 years ago
Here's the one I have made for lo these 50 years!

Cake, Applesauce, mine
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup shorteningÃ¯Â¿Â½I use butter
1 cup of sugar
1 cup cold unsweetened applesauce
1 3/4 cups AP flour
1 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp nutmeg
1 1/2 tsps cinnamon
1/4 tsp powdered cloves
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup raisins and nuts cut upÃ¯Â¿Â½optional

Sift together, flour soda, salt and spices
Cream shortening, beat in sugar, beat in the egg
and the applesauce and vanillaÃ¯Â¿Â½.add the flour etc
and pour into a greased 8 Ã¯Â¿Â½ by 11 pan and bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutesÃ¯Â¿Â½.until a pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
caliloo
15 years ago
You forgot the Cake gravy Linda!

Everytime I make any sort of apple cake now, it HAS to be served with Linda c"s Cake Gravy! LOLOLOL! Ruthanna, if you haven;t tried it, it is awesome.

Cake Gravy
Mix 1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
ÃÂ½ cup evap milk
1 tsp vanillaÃ¢ÂÂ¦.
Mix all and cook all in a sauce pan for about 3 minutes.
Serve warm over the cake.
Terri_PacNW
15 years ago
oh and before anyone asks..no, there is no typo in my Grandmother's cake..it does not have sugar in it. I guess that's the 1 c of molasses and natural sweetness of the applesauce.
lindac
15 years ago
This is the cake gravy cake: You'll notice it has more sugar....in addition to the gravy!
Apple Cake

4 cups chopped apples
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup raisins ( I use chopped other fruit like dried peaches or apricots)
Mix and let sit for about an hour ( less is OK)
2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsps baking soda ( I like 3/4 tsps soda and 3/4 tsps BP)
3/4 tsps salt
1T cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
Mix dry ingredients
2 eggs
3/4 cups veggie oil
1 tsp vanilla
beat together
1 cup chopped pecans if desired.
Add the oil and eggs to the apples and sugar and dried fruit. Stir in the dry mixture and add nuts if desires.
Pour into greased 9 by 13 pan and bake 350 until doneÃ¯Â¿Â½..40 to 50 minutes.
Serve with cake gravy!
ruthanna_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks so much! They both sound good and I'll definitely be able to use up my applesauce. The cake gravy does look awesome but not quite in my diet at this time. LOL
lindac
15 years ago
Oh it's not bad......not nearly as bad as Ann T's caramel sauce...
cup of butter 2 cups of sugar, one brown one white, cup of cream...pinch of salt 1 1/2 tsps vanilla....mix and cook for 5 minutes....eat with a spoon!!!

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