Recipe | Applesauce Spice Cake

Applesauce Spice Cake

Ingredients

2  cups flour

1  cup granulated sugar

1 1/2  cups unsweetened applesauce

1/2  cup butter, room temperature

2  large eggs, room temperature

1 1/2  teaspoons baking soda

1/2  teaspoon baking powder

1/2  teaspoon salt

1 1/2  teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/4  teaspoon ground allspice

1  teaspoon vanilla extract

3/4  cup golden raisins

1/2  cup walnuts or pecans, chopped

Confectioner's sugar for sprinkling on top, after plating, optional.

Method:

Preheat oven to 350*F

Combine all ingredients besides raisins and nuts.

Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often; until ingredients are moistened.

Beat at high speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth.

Stir in raisins and nuts.

Pour into a prepared [greased and floured] pan.  

Bake 55-60 minutes or until center is firm to the touch and the edges pull away from the sides of the pan.  

Cool cake in pan on a rack for 12 minutes, then invert cake onto wire rack to cool completely---about 2 hours.  

Transfer to a serving plate or footed cake plate and sprinkle with Confectioner's sugar using a sifter.