Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 cups applesauce
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- Powdered sugar, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, cream the butter. Add the brown sugar and continue mixing. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla, then mix until well blended and fluffy.
In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add to the creamed mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the raisins and walnuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured loaf or tube pan and bake until firm to the touch, about 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool in the pan, then turn it out, and dust with powdered sugar.
Notes about the recipe: In our house "certain members" (I'm not naming names) eat everything with a side of applesauce. Pork chops, eggs, steak, pancakes, everything. So we have many jars and many types. This is from my grandma Elsie, though she calls for shortening instead of butter. How embarrassing!
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By ork
on April 28, 2012
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every time i have my family over i make 4 pounds of apple sauce and send some home with a different relative. this last time i did not give any away and started researching applesauce cake recipes. i make apple sauce with a combination of hard and soft, sweet and tart apples so it always turns out chunky and tart. this applesauce worked very well in this reicpe. i loved the chunks of apples in the cake. i am really enjoying this moist warm cake but have decided two things. i will make this as cupcakes next time. Because i needed to keep this loaf in the oven for over an hour to cook it through, The outside of the cake was darker and dryer than i would have liked . i removed it from the pan 5 minutes after i pulled it out of the oven so it would not keep cooking. Second thing, the cake could use at least another 1/2 tsp of cin and some extra nutmeg and vanilla . This cake is delicious! Eat it warm. Use King Arthur flour and the cake batter will not be runny.
By wintergreen62
on January 13, 2012
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does not cook in 45 minutes more like an hour and it needs more flour in recipe
loaf pan not the way to go unless you want bread style. would not use this recipe again
By mrsapple
Bakersfield Cal...
on January 11, 2012
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I was looking for a recipe for applesauce cake and came across this one. Wow it came out moist and delicious. I remember eating this when I was little. Brought back memories! You do have to cook this recipe longer then it says on recipe. As with every recipe you have to adjust to your oven, your pans, and your tastes etc. Loved this recipe and I will make it again. My husband will love this when he gets home from work.
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