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Applesauce Cake

applesauce cake
By jgreghenry Published October 14, 2009

Description

This cake has all the spice it needs with out losing that apple flavor. It's very mist and that's from its name-sake ingredient, applesauce.

Prep time: 1 1⁄2 hours
Yield:1 ()

Ingredients:

  • 0 vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 12 T unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
  • 0.5 c firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 0.25 c old-fashioned rolled oats
  • 2.5 t ground cinnamon
  • 1 t salt
  • 1 c chopped toasted walnuts
  • 2 c all-purpose flour
  • 1 t baking soda
  • 0.5 t freshly grated nutmeg
  • 0.5 t chinese 5 spice powder
  • 1 c granulated sugar
  • 0.5 c firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 2 c applesauce
  • 2 mcintosh apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges

Summary

Yield
Servings
Prep time1 1⁄2 hours
Recipe
Ingredientsapples applesauce cinnamon 5 spice powder flour butter eggs sugar brown sugar rolled oats baking powder

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 10-inch spring-form cake pan with cooking spray; set it aside.

Make topping: Stir together 4 tablespoons butter, the dark brown sugar, oats, 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon salt until smooth. Stir in walnuts; set aside.

Make batter: Sift flour, baking soda, nutmeg, 5 spice powder, and remaining 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 3/4 teaspoon salt; set aside. Put remaining 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, the granulated sugar, and light-brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Cream on medium speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Mix in the eggs, one at a time. Reduce speed to low; mix in applesauce and then flour mixture. Add the flour in three additions mixing between each addition. Do not over mix.

Pour batter into oiled pan; sprinkle reserved crumb topping over batter. Lay apples on top, tucking some into batter.

Bake until a cake tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack. Cake can be stored at room temperature, covered with plastic wrap, up to 3 days.

Notes:

serves 10