Applesauce Cake with Brown SugarApplesauce Cake with Brown Sugar
Applesauce Cake with Brown Sugar
Applesauce Cake with Brown Sugar
This recipe saves calories by substituting equal parts cooking oil with Mott’s applesauce.
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Applesauce Cake with Brown Sugar
Prep Time30 Minutes
Servings10
Cook Time40 Minutes
Calories440
Ingredients
1 cup Mott’s® Applesauce Cinnamon
2 stick unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, large
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp table salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tbs milk
Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.

 

2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer on low speed.

 

3. Add in eggs, vanilla, and applesauce, and mix until combined. Mix in flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon until just combined. Finally, stir in pecans and raisins.

 

4. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish, and bake 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool.

 

5. While the cake is cooling, make the glaze. Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat for 10 minutes to brown.

 

6. Pour browned butter, leaving brown bits behind, into a medium mixing bowl. Add vanilla, confectioners’ sugar, and milk to the bowl.

 

7. Mix ingredients together using an electric mixer on low speed until completely combined.

 

8. Remove cake from pan and pour glaze over cake. Slice and serve.

 

30 minutes
Prep Time
40 minutes
Cook Time
10
Servings
440
Calories

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Makes 10 servings
1 cup Mott’s® Applesauce Cinnamon
Mott's Cinnamon Applesauce, 48 oz
Mott's Cinnamon Applesauce, 48 oz, 48 Ounce
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2 stick unsalted butter
Breakstone's Unsalted Butter, 2 count, 8 oz
Breakstone's Unsalted Butter, 2 count, 8 oz, 8 Ounce
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1 cup granulated sugar
Domino Premium Pure Cane Granulated Sugar, 4 lb
Domino Premium Pure Cane Granulated Sugar, 4 lb, 4 Pound
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2 eggs, large
Wholesome Pantry Organic Large Brown Eggs, 12 count, 24 oz
Wholesome Pantry Organic Large Brown Eggs, 12 count, 24 oz, 12 Each
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1 tsp vanilla extract
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, 1 fl oz
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, 1 fl oz, 1 Fluid ounce
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2 cups all-purpose flour
Bowl & Basket Pre-Sifted Bleached Enriched All Purpose Flour, 32 oz
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1/2 tsp table salt
Morton Salt, Iodized, 26 Ounce
Morton Salt, Iodized, 26 Ounce, 26 Ounce
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1 tsp baking soda
Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda, 1 lb
Arm & Hammer Pure Baking Soda, 1 lb, 16 Ounce
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1/2 tsp cinnamon, ground
McCormick Ground Cinnamon, 2.37 oz
McCormick Ground Cinnamon, 2.37 oz, 2.37 Ounce
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1/2 cup chopped pecans
Diamond of California Chopped Pecans, 8 oz
Diamond of California Chopped Pecans, 8 oz, 8 Ounce
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1/2 cup raisins
Wholesome Pantry Organic Thompson Seedless Raisins, 20 oz
Wholesome Pantry Organic Thompson Seedless Raisins, 20 oz, 20 Ounce
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1 tsp vanilla extract
McCormick Pure Vanilla Extract, 1 fl oz
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2 cups confectioners' sugar
Domino Premium Cane Powdered Sugar, 32 oz
Domino Premium Cane Powdered Sugar, 32 oz, 2 Pound
$4.49$2.25/lb
2 tbs milk
Bowl & Basket Whole Milk, half gallon
Bowl & Basket Whole Milk, half gallon, 0.5 Gallon
$2.79$5.58/gal

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.

 

2. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with an electric mixer on low speed.

 

3. Add in eggs, vanilla, and applesauce, and mix until combined. Mix in flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon until just combined. Finally, stir in pecans and raisins.

 

4. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish, and bake 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool.

 

5. While the cake is cooling, make the glaze. Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat for 10 minutes to brown.

 

6. Pour browned butter, leaving brown bits behind, into a medium mixing bowl. Add vanilla, confectioners’ sugar, and milk to the bowl.

 

7. Mix ingredients together using an electric mixer on low speed until completely combined.

 

8. Remove cake from pan and pour glaze over cake. Slice and serve.