Applesauce Cake Recipe
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
40 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
1 Applesauce Cake Loaf
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Calories
1858 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
American, International
Applesauce Cake Recipe
Description
This cake uses a combination of applesauce, neutral oil, and sugar to create a moist base, with vanilla for aroma and apple cider vinegar to react with leavening agents for rise and texture. The dry ingredients—flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt—are sifted into the wet mixture and folded carefully to keep the batter light. The baking temperature is set to 180°C (356°F), and the cake bakes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, usually about 35 to 40 minutes, varying by oven. The result is a tender cake with a mild apple flavor and a soft crumb.
The texture and flavor depend on the use of unsweetened applesauce and the balance of sugar, which can be adjusted if sweetened applesauce is used. This cake makes for a versatile treat that doesn’t require additional frostings or toppings to enjoy its gentle sweetness and moistness.
The recipe suggests measuring flour by weight for accuracy and notes the importance of using both baking powder and baking soda to achieve the proper rise and texture. Cooling on a wire rack before slicing ensures the best crumb.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour - 185 grams
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ¾ cup applesauce - unsweetened
- ¼ cup neutral cooking oil use oil which has a neutral taste and flavor, generic cooking oil
- ¾ cup raw sugar or regular white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or 1 scraped vanilla bean
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar or lemon juice
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, take applesauce, oil and sugar.
- With a wired whisk, stir this mixture so well that the oil is incorporated evenly.
- Now add the apple cider vinegar or regular vinegar or lemon juice to this wet mixture.
- Preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F before you begin baking the cake.
- Sieve the dry ingredients - all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and a pinch of salt directly in the bowl having the wet ingredients.
- Add vanilla powder or scraped vanilla bean or vanilla extract.
- Fold the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients lightly. Don't over do.
- The batter should feel light.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan.
- Bake at 180 degrees C/356 degrees F in a preheated oven for 35 to 40 mins.
- Once baked and a toothpick inserted comes out clean, remove the cake from the pan after it cools a bit and then place on a wired rack or tray for the sponge cake to cool down.
- Each oven has a different baking time, so keep this in mind. The cake can take less or more time in your oven to bake.
- Slice and serve this eggless cake with milk, tea or coffee.
Notes
- Adjust sugar quantity if using sweetened applesauce to maintain desired sweetness.
- Both baking soda and baking powder are required for proper leavening; do not substitute one for the other.
- Approximate nutrition details are based on preparing one applesauce cake loaf.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 1Applesauce Cake Loaf
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1858 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 1858kcal | 93% |
| Carbohydrates | 316g | 105% |
| Protein | 20g | 40% |
| Fat | 57g | 88% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 46g | 230% |
| Sodium | 603mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 800mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 167g | 334% |
| Vitamin A | 53IU | 1% |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 2mg | |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 11mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Vitamin E | 23mg | |
| Vitamin K | 4µg | |
| Calcium | 228mg | 23% |
| Vitamin B9 (Folate) | 349µg | |
| Iron | 10mg | 56% |
| Magnesium | 52mg | 13% |
| Phosphorus | 489mg | |
| Zinc | 1mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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