Grandma Evans Applesauce Spice Cake Recipes

SUPER DUPER APPLESAUCE (GRANDMA'S SECRET REVEALED)

Steps:

• Place 1 apple in a bowl. Cover with water. Let soak until soft, 8 hours to overnight. Drain, reserving soaking water.
• Transfer soaked apple to a large pot. Mix in lemon juice and honey. Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, until consistency is very soft, about 15 minutes. Add remaining 2 apples to the pot. Continue simmering, adding some of the soaking water, until applesauce reaches desired consistency, 15 to 45 minutes.

NEVER FAIL APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

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.

MY GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE SPICE 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.

SPICED APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Adjust the racks to the center of the oven. Spray a Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves and nutmeg in a large bowl. Beat together the butter and brown sugar in a separate bowl with an electric hand-held mixer until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. Alternate adding the flour mixture and the applesauce, ending with the flour, being careful not to over-mix. Transfer the batter to the prepared Bundt pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 55 minutes. Cool completely before inverting. Sprinkle with powdered sugar if using.

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH RAISINS AND PECANS

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).

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE

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.

GRANDMA EVANS' APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

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,....