Christmas Applesauce Cake Recipes

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.

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.

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.

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Place raisins and hot water in a small bowl; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm or cold.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom. Set aside.
• In another bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and honey until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until combined. Beat in applesauce.
• Generously coat a nonstick 9-inch tube pan with cooking spray. Spoon batter into pan; smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean (but slightly wet), 50 to 60 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack 10 minutes. Turn out of pan onto a cutting board or baking sheet; invert cake onto rack, top side up. Cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving, if desired.

CHRISTMAS APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, add flour, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and all-spice. Add the nuts to coat with flour. Set aside.
• In small bowl, soak raisins in Jack Daniels. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the Crisco; slowly add sugar and cream together until light and fluffy.
• To the heated applesauce, now add 3 teaspoons baking soda -- stir -- add to creamed mixture. Beat with mixer on medium until blended.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Slowly add the dry flour, spice, and nut mixture, blending well.
• Add the soaked raisins, mincemeat, and cherries. Stirl to incorporate all ingredients.
• Pour batter into greaqsed and floured tube pan.
• Bake in preheated 300 degreen oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Ovens vary so please begin to check after 55 minutes. Note: The thickness of your pan also influences the baking time.

OLD FASHIONED APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce and oil in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into bake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto cooling rack. Turn right-side up. Cool completely.
• For frosting, combine frosting and cinnamon; stir until blended. Spread over cooled cake.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, beat together the oil, eggs, molasses and applesauce till smooth.
• Add the flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• beat till smooth.
• Pour batter into a lightly greased and floured 9x13 in baking pan.
• Place cake in a preheated 375 degree oven.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until it tests done.
• Remove and cool completely ona wire rack.
• Just before serving dust with powdered sugar.