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Applesauce Spice Cake

13th August 2007

Applesauce Spice Cake

posted in Recipes, Day-to-day, Food, How-To |

Yesterday, I made two delicious applesauce spice cakes. One was for me and my husband, and the other was to take to work.

Last year, I was one of 40+ new faculty members at my school. It was like a huge boot camp bonding experience for all of us. This year, I am the only new member in the central staff of a child development center. Total central staff is less than 15. Most of them have been there 5+ years, and one of the teachers has been there since I was 3. It’s a very different situation than the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year for me.

Well, they all LOVED my spice cake. I said, “I may be the baby here, but I’ve been making this cake for six years.” It got some giggles and a couple eyebrow-raises. I almost raised my eyebrows to myself. Six years?? That’s a smidge more than a quarter of my life!

The recipe was given to me by my husband’s mother, near when we started dating. I made a couple under her tutelage, though the recipe is so easy you don’t really need to “practice” anything. Then, when I went to college, I bought a sifter and some cake pans so I could make them for myself, friends, and co-workers.

Now you can make it too. All you need to do is:

Preheat your oven to 350*F
Butter and flour two cake pans (or use Pam with flour, which is amazing).

Mix:
2 cups applesauce
1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup oil

Sift:
3 1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cloves
2 tsp cinnamon

Add the applesauce mixture to the sifted mix.

Stir in:
1 cup nuts (I use walnuts)
1 cup raisins

Pour the batter into the cake pans.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
While it is baking, lick the spoons and give your husband the bowl. Mmmm.
After the cakes are cool enough to remove, cool them on cooling racks, otherwise they’ll get soggy, which is gross.

This morning, I went to take a picture of the cake (the one that wasn’t wrapped up to go to work), but about 1/5 of it was already gone! I guess we know what the husband had for breakfast this morning. Yum!

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  1. 1 On August 13th, 2007, charlie said:

    can you substitute applesauce for the oil in this recipe… you know, to keep it light?

    oh, wait.

    posted on August 13th, 2007 at 10:49 pm

  2. 2 On August 14th, 2007, Cenk said:

    The cake looks yummy. I like your blog.

    posted on August 14th, 2007 at 2:51 am

  3. 3 On August 14th, 2007, admin said:

    haha, good question charlie. I don’t know if you could maybe do more applesauce, less oil…. play around with it and let me know, kay?

    Thanks, Cenk. I hope to see you around more!

    posted on August 14th, 2007 at 5:01 am

  4. 4 On August 14th, 2007, Golden Lady said:

    How about subbing whole wheat pastry flour for white? Not that I’ve actually had any experience doing that yet, but I’m working to cut enrighed white flour out of my diet, but I’d also really like to make this cake.

    posted on August 14th, 2007 at 10:17 am

  5. 5 On August 14th, 2007, Katya said:

    is 1 c. oil = 1 cup oil? what kind of oil is it?

    posted on August 14th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

  6. 6 On August 14th, 2007, admin said:

    Golden Lady, I’m not sure about the wheat flour… give it a try and let me know how it goes!

    Katya, yes, 1 cup. I went back and edited the post. “c.” is how I had it written in my personal cookbook. I used canola oil… any kind of veggie oil is good.

    posted on August 14th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

  7. 7 On December 17th, 2007, Holiday Traditions | Joyful Abode said:

    […] Applesauce Spice Cake […]

    posted on December 17th, 2007 at 1:18 pm

  8. 8 On January 13th, 2008, Caboodle said:

    Cake flour, or regular all-purpose flour? And may I ask, 8-inch pans or 9-inch pans? This looks good and I’d like to try making a batch.

    posted on January 13th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

  9. 9 On January 13th, 2008, Joyful Abode said:

    Regular all-purpose flour. I’m pretty sure my pans are 9-inch ones. Definitely try them. They’re soooo good.

    posted on January 13th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

  10. 10 On February 12th, 2008, Crash said:

    This cake sounds positively delicious. :D

    posted on February 12th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

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