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Applesauce Cake

Moist and flavorful, this applesauce cake is sure to be your new favorite recipe! A delicious spice cake with raisins and walnuts topped with a decadent cinnamon cream cheese frosting is a decadent dessert that is sure to please.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon cloves
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups cinnamon applesauce
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup walnuts chopped

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 ounces cream cheese
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a small bowl, pour the milk and place the raisins in the milk. Let them sit while preparing the rest of the cake.
  • Prepare a 9×13-inch pan by lining the bottom with parchment paper and spraying with nonstick spray.
  • In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until mixed.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixed together.
  • Add the dry ingredients slowly to the butter and sugar mixture and beat just until combined.
  • Add the applesauce and mix on low just until combined.
  • Add the raisins and milk mixture and the walnuts and mix until just combined.
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  • Once the cake has cooled, frost with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.

Frosting

  • In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
  • Add the powdered sugar and beat on low until powdered sugar is mostly mixed in.
  • Add cream, vanilla, cinnamon and salt and mix on medium speed until all smooth and creamy.
  • Once the cake has cooled, use an offset or rubber spatula to frost the top of the cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting.

Notes

You could also bake this simple recipe in a bundt cake pan, a loaf pan, or make them as muffins!
If you want to skip the frosting, you could sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar instead.
Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don’t end up with lumps in your frosting.
Keyword Applesauce Cake Recipe