Grandma Evans Applesauce Spice Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Place raisins and hot water in a small bowl; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm or cold.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Prepare a tube pan.
• Put raisins in a 1 quart pan and cover with water.
• Cook until almost dry.
• Meanwhile, combine dry ingredients.
• When raisins are done mix into dry ingredients with applesauce and melted butter.
• Bake in prepared tube pan for 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
• In a large bowl cream together the shortening and brown sugar and white sugar together until light and fluffy (about 3-4 minutes).
• Add in the eggs to the creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Add in the dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce and water.
• Stir in raisins and nuts.
• Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Cool, dust with confectioners' sugar or serve topped with whipped cream.
• Delicious!

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.

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar till light.
• Add eggs, beating well after each addition.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
• Stir in raisins and pecans.
• Turn batter into greased and lightly floured pan (13 x 9 x 2-inch).
• Bake at 350 F about 45 minutes to till done.
• Cool in pan.
• (an additional 1/3 cup raisins can be substituted for the 1/2 cup of pecans, if desired).

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir in 1 tsp. of baking soda to applesauce and let it fizz up a bit. (1 minute)
• Then add in the eggs, margarine and brown sugar. Blend together.
• Add the flour, baking powder, and spices to the mix and blend in.
• (The recipe says that if it seems a little dry, add 1/2 cup of milk. I have never needed to do this, but if it looks thicker than the usual texture of a cake batter, you can add a little, or perhaps a little more applesauce.)
• put into a greased 8x8 cake pan and bake at 350 degrees - for about 45 minutes, or until a fork comes out clean when testing the center of the cake.
• This cake is lovely with a simple lemon icing drizzled on it - some icing sugar, with a bit of lemon juice mixed to give it the consistency you want,....