Applesauce Snack Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In ungreased 8-inch square pan, mix flour, 1 cup brown sugar, the allspice and baking soda with fork. Stir in all remaining cake ingredients until blended.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, heat all sauce ingredients to rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly; reduce heat slightly. Boil 3 minutes, stirring frequently. (Watch carefully; mixture burns easily.) Store sauce in refrigerator.

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.

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position; heat oven to 325°F
• Cut 16" length parchment paper or aluminum foil and fold lengthwise to 7" width; spray 8" square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray and fit parchment into dish, pushing it into corners and up sides, allow excess to overhang edges of dish.
• Bring apples and cider to simmer in small saucepan over medium heat; cook until liquid evaporates and mixture appears dry, about 15 minutes, cool to room temperature.
• Whisk flour and baking soda in medium bowl to combine; set aside.
• In second medium bowl, whisk sugar and spices; measure 2 TBSP of sugar-spice mixture into small bowl and set aside for topping.
• In food processor, process cooled dried-apple mixture and applesauce until smooth, about 20-30 seconds, scraping sides of bowl as needed; set aside.
• Whisk egg and salt in large bowl to combine.
• Add sugar-spice mixture and whisk continuously until well combined and light coloured, about 20 seconds.
• Add butter in 3 additions, whisking thoroughly after each.
• Add applesauce mixture and vanilla, whisk to combine.
• Add flour mixture to wet ingredients; using rubber spatula, fold gently until just combined and evenly moistened.
• Turn batter into prepared pan, smoothing out top with rubber spatula.
• Sprinkle reserved 2 TBSP sugar-spice mixture evenly over top of batter.
• Bake until wooden skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack to room temperature, about 2 hours.
• Run knife along cake edges without parchment to release; remove cake from pan by lifting parchment overhang and transfer to cutting board.
• Cut cake and serve.
• Variations:
• Ginger-Cardamom Applesauce Snack Cake.
• Follow recipe for Applesauce Snack Cake omitting cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; whisk 1/2 tsp ground ginger and 1/4 tsp ground cardamom into sugar in Step 3; measure 2 TBSP sugar-spice mixture into a small bowl, add 1 TBSP finely chopped cyrstallized ginger and set aside for topping in Step 5.
• Applesauce Snack Cake with Oat-Nut Streusel.
• Follow recipe for Applesauce Snack Cake through Step 2; in Step 3, measure 2 TBSP brown sugar, 1/3 c chopped pecans or walnuts, and 1/3 c old-fashioned or quick cook oats; work in 2 TBSP softened unsalted butter by rubbing mixture between fingers until fully incorporated; pinch mixture into hazelnut-sized clumps and sprinkle evenly over batter before baking.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour tube pan.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the sugar and shortening until fluffy. Add applesauce and molasses and mix in.
• Gradually add the flour mixture and beat well to moisten. Fold in the raisins.
• Pour into a prepared fluted or straight sided tube pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle of cake comes out clean. Cake will not rise to top of pan. Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pan and cool on wire rack.

Steps:

• Bring applesauce to a boil in a small saucepan; remove from heat.
• Stir in oats and raisins; cover and let stand 20 min.
• (Mixture will be thick and will thicken up more while standing, so you should have the rest of the batter ready by the time the 20 min. are up.) Beat butter at medium speed with an electic mixer until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Combine dry ingredients and add gradually to creamed mixture, mixing just until blended after each addition.
• Stir in applesauce mixture.
• Pour batter into a 9-in. square pan that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack.
• (I found I liked this best served slightly warm.).

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, 1 cup sugar and baking powder. Add egg whites and vanilla; mix well. Fold in apples and nuts. Spread into a 9-in. square baking pan coated with cooking spray. Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar; sprinkle over top., Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix flour, sugar, allspice, baking soda and salt in an ungreased 8x8x2 pan.
• Mix in remaining ingredients.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or cool.

Steps:

• Cream butter or margarine with sugar. Add applesauce; beat well. Stir in flour, soda, and spices. Add nuts and raisins.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 8 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes, or until done. Serve warm.