Ladies Mile Applesauce Raisin Cake Diamond Recipes

RAISIN APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream the sugar and shortening. Beat in molasses until blended; set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisins., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cake will not rise to top of pan. After 10 minutes, remove cake from pan and cool on a wire rack.

APPLESAUCE RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

APPLESAUCE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a 10 cup bundt cake pan generously with shortening, then dust with flour (or use our perfect cake release). Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter and sugar until well blended and smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Add the egg. Mix until blended.
• Mix in the raisins and walnuts.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, soda, salt, cloves , nutmeg and cinnamon.
• Add the applesauce and flour to the butter mixture alternately, mixing well between each addition. Batter will be thick.
• Add the batter to the pan by large spoonfuls and smooth out evenly.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when you touch it. The exact time will depend on the shape of your bundt cake pan. If it makes a thicker cake, it could take up to an hour to bake. Ours took 45 minutes in the Autumn Wreath Bundt Pan.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a cake plate to cool completely.
• Dust with powdered sugar if desired.

APPLESAUCE & RAISIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and butter a 9x5" loaf pan and line bottom with parchment paper and butter paper. (This makes removing it from the pan so much easier).
• Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
• Stir baking soda into applesauce in a separate bowl.
• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Add dry ingredients in to butter mixture alternating with the applesauce. Mix just until blended well - don't overmix or the cake will be dense.
• Gently stir in raisins.
• Pour batter into pan and bake until top springs back when pressed - about 50 minutes (check at 45 minutes).
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes then turn out onto the rack to cool completely.
• Make glaze by mixing the lemon juice with the confectioner's sugar until smooth. Spoon glaze over the cooled cake and let set up before serving.

LADIES' MILE APPLESAUCE RAISIN CAKE DIAMOND

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9- by 3-inch tube pan, knocking out excess flour.
• In a small saucepan heat rum and raisins over moderate heat just until hot. Remove pan from heat and cool mixture. Strain mixture through a sieve and reserve raisins.
• Into a bowl sift together flour, cinnamon, cloves, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat butter with granulated and brown sugars until light and fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and add flour mixture, beating just until batter is combined. Stir in reserved raisins and nuts and spread batter in pan.
• Bake cake 40 to 45 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean, and cool in pan on a rack 5 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely. Dust cake with confectioners' sugar.

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).