Richard's Applesauce Cake
Yield
servingsPrep
40 minCook
80 minReady
120 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
nutmeg
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cinnamon
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cloves
|
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 1 | cup |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 2 | cups |
raisins, seedless
|
|
| 1 | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 16 | ounces |
applesauce
|
|
| Whiskey frosting | |||
| ¼ | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
heavy whipping cream
or milk |
|
| 4 | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 3-4 | tablespoons |
bourbon whiskey
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 828 | ml |
all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
nutmeg
|
|
| 5 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cloves
|
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 237 | ml |
walnuts
chopped |
|
| 473 | ml |
raisins, seedless
|
|
| 237 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 462.4 | ml/g |
applesauce
|
|
| Whiskey frosting | |||
| 59 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 15 | ml |
heavy whipping cream
or milk |
|
| 946 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
|
bourbon whiskey
|
|
||
Directions
Sift flour with soda, spices and salt.
Combine nuts and raisins in bowl; stir in ½ cup of flour mixture.
Cream butter and sugar in another bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
Alternately add flour mixture and applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Stir in raisin mixture. Spoon into greased, floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven 1 hour, 20 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove and finish cooling on wire rack.
Spread with frosting.
Cover until ready to serve. Cake keeps well and is delicious several days after baking.
Frosting: Stir together butter and cream; beat in 1 cup of the sugar.
Blend in rest of sugar and the bourbon until mixture will spread easily.
Frosts a 10-inch tube cake.
Serves 8 to 10
