Applesauce Cake
- Total Time
- 1 hour 50 minutes
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Ingredients
- Butter for greasing cake tin
- 4Rome apples, cored, peeled and sliced
- 4tablespoons water
- ½cup sugar
- ¼teaspoon cinnamon
- ½teaspoon chopped lemon peel
- Juice of half a lemon
- 4ounces softened butter
- ½cup light brown sugar
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 1egg
- 2cups all-purpose flour
- 2teaspoons baking soda
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- ⅔cup chopped pecans
- 1cup raisins
- ½teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ⅛teaspoon cinnamon
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
494 calories; 21 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 8 grams monounsaturated fat; 3 grams polyunsaturated fat; 74 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams dietary fiber; 43 grams sugars; 6 grams protein; 443 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and lightly grease an 8-inch cake tin.
- Step 2
In a deep saucepan over medium heat, combine the apples, 4 tablespoons water, ½ cup sugar, ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, chopped lemon peel and lemon juice. Barely cover with water, bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the mixture reduces and thickens -- about 20 minutes. Mash the mixture to a smooth consistency.
- Step 3
Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the vanilla, and beat well; then the egg, and beat well.
- Step 4
Add butter mixture to the apple mixture. Into a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
- Step 5
Add the pecans, raisins, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir well.
- Step 6
Add the dry mixture to the apple mixture and stir to make a smooth batter. Transfer to the greased cake tin. Smooth the top with a spatula or knife, and bake for about 1 hour and 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
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Comments
about how much applesauce should you end up with and how much should you add to the cake?
why does it say 'add 4 tbsp water' in Step #2, and then say 'barely cover with water? Which is it????????????/
one hour and 35 minutes baking time??? insanity. This cake was dry and over baked after 40 minutes. Be careful folks if you attempt to make this. I had to toss it, flavor was good but way too dry.
I suppose in reality I can't review this recipe since I changed it so much, but here goes anyway. Like everyone else translating 4 apples into a volume of applesauce was difficult. As I did not have apples nor applesauce, I used baby food containers of peach and pear (3-4 oz containers) to that i added the spices but no sugar. To the butter I added a banana and then used almonds and craisins. (also added a 1/4 tsp of cardamom) to about 45-50 minutes in my oven. came out terrific!
As another comment states, adding 4T of water to the apples, and then having the recipe state “enough water to barely cover the apples” in the same step is a bit confusing. Also, the cooking time stated is way too long. It took about half as long as the recipe states to cook it-I started checking at 35 min and it was done in 45 min.
Could you please tell me how much applesauce to add? I make applesauce and was looking for an applesauce recipe? I realize that the sugar content can vary greatly depending upon the apples used and the sugar added, but has anyone measured how much applesauce you get when making this recipe? So that I can add my already made applesauce. Thank you