Spiced Applesauce Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting 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.

NEVER FAIL APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, white sugar, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices into a large mixing bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter or margarine, buttermilk, and applesauce. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs. Fold in 3/4 cup chopped nuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes.
• Mix confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, and add 1 cup chopped pecans. Keep stirring until browned. Stir cooled pecans into cream cheese mixture. Frost the cooled cake.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the oven to 350 F (180 C/Gas 4). Butter and flour a 9-inch-square baking pan.
• Sift flour into a mixing bowl with the granulated sugar, salt, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and baking soda. Use a whisk or spoon to blend the dry ingredients thoroughly.
• Add the melted butter, applesauce, and the beaten egg and stir until the batter is well blended.
• Fold in the raisins and 1 cup of chopped walnuts. Stir to blend.
• Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean when the cake is done.
• Cool on a rack for 10 minutes and then carefully invert the cake onto a serving plate.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, combine the cream cheese and butter. Beat until fluffy.
• Beat in the confectioners' sugar, a little at a time.
• Add about 1 tablespoon of milk and the vanilla. Beat, adding more milk if needed for a fluffy spreading consistency.
• Frost the top and sides of the cake and then sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts, if desired.
• Serve and enjoy!

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.

SPICY APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the applesauce, sugar, shortening and eggs. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves; gradually beat into applesauce mixture until blended. Stir in the raisins, chocolate chips and walnuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour either an 8x 8 inch dish or a 2 quart rectangular baking dish.
• In a large bowl mix together flour,salt,baking powder,cinnamon, and nutmeg, set aside.
• Im a medium sized bowl,cream together margarine,or shortening and sugar beating well.
• Add applesauce and egg mixing thoroughly.
• Pour egg/applesauce mixture into dry ingredients, beat until just mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan,and bake for 25 minute or until tooth pick is inserted and comes out clean.
• Before frosting cake let cool to room temperature.
• To Prepare Frosting,.
• Combine all frosting into a medium sized bowl, and with electric mixer beat until smooth.
• Spread over top of cake and enjoy :).

SPICY GINGER APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass or light-colored metal baking pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk sugar and eggs until light, about 1 minute. Add applesauce, oil, fresh and ground ginger, orange zest, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk to combine.
• Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder, and whisk until just combined. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top and firmly tap the pan on a countertop to release air bubbles. Bake the cake until golden and puffed, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
• When the cake is cool, make the frosting: Add the cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk 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 mixer speed up to medium-high and whip until smooth. Scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl. Add the ginger, lemon zest, vanilla and salt, and mix on low.
• Spread the frosting over the cooled cake in dramatic swoops and swirls, then sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup crystalized ginger on top. Serve at room temperature.

HOLLY'S SPICED APPLESAUCE BARS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
• Pour batter into a greased half sheet pan and bake at 375* for 20-30 min or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Allow to cool completely then frost.
• ***My mom always cut these into rectangle shaped bars about 1 1/2" by 3".***.
• -Frosting-.
• Mix all ingredients together until smooth.

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.