T's Applesauce Cake. Stir in flour, soda, and spices. Combine all wet ingredients (egg, applesauce, vanilla and melted butter) and mix well. Add flour, sugar, baking powder and spices.

This is an older recipe, created when applesauce wasn't diluted and had good flavor, sweetness, and some tang to it from the natural acid of the apples. There's a lot of watery applesauce out there these days, so taste yours first. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. You can have T's Applesauce Cake using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of T's Applesauce Cake

Prepare 2 C of flour.
Prepare 1 C of sugar.
You need 1/2 C of butter (melted).
It's 1 1/2 C of applesauce (unsweetened).
It's 3/4 C of golden raisins.
Prepare 1/2 C of chopped dates.
Prepare 1 of large egg.
Prepare 2 tsp. of baking powder.
It's 1 tsp. of vanilla extract.
It's 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon.

Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. Place pan on a wire rack. Applesauce makes this cake exceptionally moist. It's delicious on its own or served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

T's Applesauce Cake instructions

Preheat oven to 350 f and soak dates in 2tbsp. of water spread out in a shallow dish..
Combine all wet ingredients (egg, applesauce, vanilla and melted butter) and mix well..
Add flour, sugar, baking powder and spices. Mix well, then fold in raisins and dates..
Place batter in 2 loaf pans or a 9x13 cake pan. Bake to a golden brown (45-50 minutes, 30-40 min. for loaves). Start checking after 45 minutes (30minutes for loaves), using the clean toothpick method..
Great warm or room temp. Enjoy!.

If you decide to use store-bought applesauce, choose one with a chunky texture. In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, instant pudding mix, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Add the applesauce, oil, eggs and water. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Adding applesauce to cake isn't just a good way to cut some butter out of the recipe.