Applesauce cake is one of those great old fashioned desserts. It is a frugal, yet really good dessert. It is a dessert that many of our grandmothers and great grandmothers made for many years. This is what I call a comfort food type dessert. An easy and simple dessert, made from everyday ingredients that most of us have in our cupboards.
There are many versions of applesauce cake. This one is adapted from a Paula Deen recipe and it is really good.
Tomorrow I will post the gluten free version of this cake that I came up with.
Yield: 15 servings
Applesauce Cake
A classic applesauce cake that is easy to make and tastes great.
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Total Time
55 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- confectioners' sugar, for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 13x9x2" baking pan.
- Cream together the granulated sugar and shortening until fluffy using an electric mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well.
- In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt. Stir the raisins and nuts into the flour mixture.
- Add the flour mixture and applesauce alternately to the creamed mixture, beginning and ending with the flour.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until the center of the cake is firm to the touch.
- Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
15Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 307Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 204mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 2gSugar: 29gProtein: 5g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Hi Lynn I love the old fashioned desserts. Plus its from my girl paula deen I bet it was very tasty. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
I was interested in your Applesauce cake as my Granny use to make one with layers. I’m going to attempt to duplicate hers soon. I can’t wait to see how closely it resembles it. Yours looks yummy too!
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this sounds great I love applesauce cake and paula
I’m going to try this one tomorrow. It sounds delish!
This looks really yummy!
I made this today using whole wheat pastry flour and substituting butter for the shortening. I also made a cream cheese frosting. It was delish! 😀
What a great recipe. It sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Happy TMTT.
Blessings.
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I was writing your Applesauce Cake recipe and noticed that at the end of the recipe it mentioned nutmeg. It was not in your list of ingredents. I assume that it would call for 1 teaspoon, like the cinnamom!!!
Thanks
Yes, my husband does not like nutmeg, so I always leave it out, but try to add it to recipes on my site since most do enjoy it. Sorry about that.