Apple Sauce Cake
Submitted by LisaAnna
Classic spice cake made with hot applesauce, raisins, and chopped nuts. Warm spices like cinnamon and cloves perfume every slice. Triple-sifted cake flour creates an impossibly tender crumb.
YIELD
12 servingsPREP
30 minCOOK
60 minREADY
120 minThis old-fashioned applesauce cake is the kind of recipe that’s been passed down through generations, and for good reason.
The technique matters here: you sift the cake flour three times with the spices for the lightest possible texture, then fold in hot strained applesauce along with raisins and nuts.
It bakes in a loaf pan for an hour, filling your kitchen with the scent of cinnamon, cloves, and caramelizing sugar.
Pro Tips
- Sift the flour three times as directed; this aerates it and ensures the cake is incredibly tender
- Use hot applesauce straight from the stove and strain it to remove any lumps
- Alternate adding dry and wet ingredients for the smoothest batter that doesn’t deflate
Ingredients
Directions
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda, salt, and spices, and sift together three times.
Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar and cream gradually, together until light and fluffy.
Add egg, raisins, and nuts and beat well.
Add flour mixture, alternately with apple sauce, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
Bake in greased loaf pan, 9½ x 5½ x3 inches, in moderate oven (350℉/180℃) for 1 hour, or until done.
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