Applesauce Cake With Cinnamon Icing Food

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter a 8 or 9 inch square baking dish.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices in a medium bowl.
• In large bowl beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs and applesauce. At low speed, mix in flour mixture until just combined, then stir in walnuts.
• Pour into greased baking dish and bake until golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. COOL COMPLETELY.
• Combine all frosting ingredients together (cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar,cinnamon and vanilla) with an electric mixer until smooth. You may need to add a little milk to make it spreadable if your butter wasn't soft enough.
• Spread frosting evenly on top of cake. Cut the cake into any size you like. Decorate with pecans.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CINNAMON ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease two 8-inch layer cake pans.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
• Beat eggs, mayonnaise, applesauce, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir in dry ingredients; beat until smooth.
• Stir in nuts.
• Divide batter between prepared pans.
• Bake 30 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool on wire rack 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans.
• Cool completely.
• Fill and frost layers with Cinnamon Icing.
• Cinnamon Icing: Beat cream cheese and melted butter until fluffy.
• Slowly stir in 1 pound powdered sugar and cinnamon.
• Beat on medium speed until smooth and spreadable.

APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR ICING

Steps:

• For the cake, grease a 9" x 13" cake pan; line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the butter with the brown sugar until fluffy; beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• Beat in the vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg.
• Stir into the butter mixture alternately with the applesauce and buttermilk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of wet.
• Spread in the prepared pan.
• Bake in the centre of a 350 degree F oven until the cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
• Let cool in the pan on a rack.
• For the icing, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the brown sugar and corn syrup; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Boil just until blended, about 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat.
• Using a wooden spoon, stir the milk and vanilla into the butter mixture.
• Again using a wooden spoon, beat in the icing sugar until smooth and spreadable; let cool for 1 minute.
• Spread over the top of the cake just to the edge, letting the icing drizzle over slightly.

GUINNESS APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH LEMON ICING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF or 175ºC. Grease an 8-inch square pan and line it with wax paper.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cloves, and cinnamon. Set aside. In a second large bowl, stir together the applesauce, brown sugar, oil, and stout. Mix thoroughly. Add the flour mixture, a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in the raisins, dates, and walnuts.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert the pan onto a plate, remove the wax paper, and set the cake upright to cool completely.
• To make the icing:.
• In a large bowl, combine the butter and lemon zest. Sift the sugar into the butter and beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Stir in enough lemon juice to make the icing soft enough to spread easily.
• Spread the icing on top of the cake and smooth the surface with an offset spatula or knife dipped in warm water. Decorate the top with lemon slices, if desired.

APPLE SHEET CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Prepare the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees and set a rack in the center. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass or light colored metal baking pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the light brown sugar and eggs until pale and foamy. Add the applesauce, oil, spices and salt. Whisk to combine.
• Add the 2 cups flour, baking powder and baking soda, and whisk until well combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top, and firmly tap the pan on a countertop a few times to release air bubbles. Bake the cake until golden and puffed, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
• When the cake is cool, make the frosting: Add the cream cheese, butter and cinnamon to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high until smooth, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl. Turn the speed to low, and slowly add the confectioners' sugar. Mix until the sugar is moistened, then turn the speed up to medium-high and whip until smooth and fluffy.
• Spread the frosting over the cooled cake and serve. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator, covered, for up to 3 days.