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Moist and delicious, this old-fashioned applesauce cake is filled with the perfect amount of spices, sugar, cinnamon applesauce, walnuts, and raisins. I’m excited to partner with Musselman’s to bring you this super yummy Southern favorite.
Make sure you also try out our chocolate crazy cake and mayonnaise cake, too!
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Applesauce Cake Ingredients
You will need:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups Musselman’s Cinnamon Applesauce
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
Musselman’s Cinnamon Apple Sauce is the perfect addition to this recipe. For over 100 years, they have prided themselves with their fresh and delicious fruit products that boast no high fructose corn syrup. All their apples are American grown!
Ingredient Substitutions
You could add chocolate chips, oatmeal, coconut, carrots, or pumpkin to this tasty cake. It’s also delish with just a dash of ginger added.
How to Make this Applesauce Cake recipe
PRO TIP: You could also bake this recipe in a bundt cake pan, a loaf pan, or make them as muffins!
STEP ONE: In a small bowl pour the milk and place the raisins in the milk. Let them sit while preparing the rest of the cake.
STEP TWO: In a medium-size bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
STEP THREE: In a large bowl beat together butter and sugars until mixed. Then, add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed together.
STEP FOUR: Follow this by adding, the dry ingredients slowly to the butter/sugar mixture and beat just until combined.
STEP FIVE: Finally, add the applesauce and mix on low just until combined.
STEP SIX: Fold in the raisins and milk mixture as well as the walnuts and mix until just combined.
STEP SEVEN: Prepare a 9×13 pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray. Pour cake batter into the pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes — or until a cake tester in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
If you want to skip the frosting, you could sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar as well.
Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Making the Frosting
- In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add the powdered sugar and beat on low until powdered sugar is mostly mixed in.
- Follow it with the heavy cream, vanilla, cinnamon and salt — and mix on medium speed until all smooth and creamy.
- Once the cake has cooled frost with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
freezing THIS RECIPE:
IN THE FREEZER: I would suggest freezing the cake by itself before topping with the frosting, then add the icing after thawing, before serving. It will store in a well-wrapped, freezer-safe container for two to three months.
This delicious applesauce cake recipe has been a family favorite for generations. It’s so quick and easy to bake and the flavors are irresistible. I love the moist, dense texture and sweet, cinnamon taste. Topped with a fast homemade cream cheese icing, you’re going to love this recipe!
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Applesauce Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- ½ cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups cinnamon applesauce
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a small bowl pour the milk and place the raisins in the milk. Let them sit while preparing the rest of the cake.
- Prepare a 9x13 pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
- In a medium-size bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
- In a large bowl beat together butter and sugars until mixed.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed together.
- Add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter/sugar mixture and beat just until combined.
- Add the applesauce and mix on low just until combined.
- Add the raisins and milk mixture and walnuts and mix until just combined.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a cake tester in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Once the cake has cooled frost with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
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Notes
Ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese
½ cup butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
How to Make Frosting
In a large bowl beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Add the powdered sugar and beat on low until powdered sugar is mostly mixed in.
Add cream, vanilla, cinnamon and salt and mix on medium speed until all smooth and creamy.
This cake is fabulous! I used pecans as that is what I had on hand.
The closest to cake my mother made. Delicious,so moist. Love it. Thank you.
I made this from my homemade applesauce. I followed exactly the recipe something I rarely do.
I should have taken a picture but i can say it is wonderful.
I shared with my brother and sister in law and he raved. This is a keeper. Thank you for sharing.
I made this cake a couple of days ago and it is delicious. There is still some left and it is still so moist!
Absolutely delicious! Very moist and spicy. I have found my new favourite cake recipe!