First Prize Applesauce Cake Food

FIRST PRIZE APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grandma baked this cake often. Early one morning she had just finished making the frosting, and the cake was cooling, when grandpa came into the kitchen and said Bessie, grandma's milk cow, came in without her calf and he had to go look for the calf. He handed grandma the milk pail and asked her to milk the cow. She gave me the egg basket and we walked to the barn. Grandma sent me up the ladder into the hay loft to gather the eggs of the chickens that had 'flown the coop.' They would lay their eggs between the bales of hay, and as she settled on her one legged stool and began to milk Bessie, I reached in between the bales and wrapped my hand around what I thought was an egg and when I pulled my hand out it was wrapped around a black snake. I screamed and threw the snake as I fell backwards into the haystack below. The snake landed on Bessie. She bellowed and kicked and grandma fell off her stool with the milk pale in hand and the milk poured all over her. I scrambled out of that pile of hay, and screaming and crying, I ran to my grandmother and got under her dress. The snake slithered away, Bessie ran out the barn door, and Grandma gathered herself together and carried me inside the house and sat me on the table. She grabbed a hand towel, wiped her face and mine and after handing me a spoon of frosting, she began frosting the cake and the whole while singing, "Bringing in the Sheaves." Still crying I began singing along with grandma as I licked the spoon and sobbed. Soon the tears diminished and with grandma's hugs life was good once again.
• 2. Sift the first 7 ingredients together In a medium bowl. Combine the oil and sugar in a large mixing bowl, and with an electric mixer, beat until well blended. Add the hot applesauce and blend thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients and blend well. Stir in the walnuts and raisins. Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans, pour in the batter and bake in hot oven at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 375 degrees and continue baking for about 15 minutes longer. Remove the cakes from the oven and cool on a cake rack for 5 minutes. Remove the cakes from the pan and complete cooling on the racks. After the cake is completely cool fill and frost with Caramel Frosting.
• 3. CARAMEL FROSTING Melt the butter in a sauce pan over low heat and stir in the brown sugar and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat; while stirring constantly boil hard for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the milk. Return the pan to the heat and return to a full boil. Remove from the heat and cool to lukewarm. Stir in the confectioner sugar and beat until smooth. If frosting is too thin, add a little more confectioner sugar. If the frosting is too thick add a little more milk. Frost the top of the bottom layer. Add the top layer and frost the top and sides.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter. Add the brown sugar and continue mixing. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla, then mix until well blended and fluffy.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf or tube pan and bake until firm to the touch, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in the pan, then turn it out, and dust with powdered sugar.

FIRST PRIZE APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Sift together flour, soda, salt, spices and cocoa.
• Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine oil and sugar.
• Beat until well blended.
• Stir in hot applesauce and blend thoroughly.
• Add dry ingredients, blending well.
• Stir in nuts.
• Turn batter into well greased and floured 9" x 13" pan.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes; then reduce temperature to 375 degrees and bake about 15 minutes longer.
• Cool completely.
• Caramel Frosting:
• Melt 1/2 c butter in sauce pan over low heat.
• Stir in 1 c brown sugar, firmly packed, and 1/4 tsp salt.
• Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil hard for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in 1/4 c milk.
• Return pan to heat and bring to a full boil.
• Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm.
• Stir in 2 c confectioner's sugar, and beat until smooth.
• If frosting is too thick, beat in a little milk.

SPICED APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Adjust the racks to the center of the oven. Spray a Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves and nutmeg in a large bowl. Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric hand-held mixer until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the applesauce, ending with the flour, being careful not to over-mix. Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 55 minutes. Cool completely before inverting. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if using.

APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9x13 baking dish.
• Combine all ingredients; pour in prepared pan.
• Bake 60-65 minutes or until done.

MOM'S PRIZE WINNING RAW APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Make the topping by mixing together 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup white sugar, chopped walnuts and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
• In large bowl, mix together 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, flour, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Make a well in the center, and pour in the oil, eggs and sour milk. Beat until smooth, then fold in chopped apples.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with topping mixture. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.