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Applesauce Cake Recipes

Enjoy Vintage Recipes For Applesauce Cake

Grandma's old time applesauce cake recipes make a superb dessert cake with the unforgettable flavor of apples and spices. And, you'll love the wonderful fragrance that wafts throughout your kitchen while they bake. You can close your eyes and imagine you're in Grandma's old farmhouse kitchen.

Applesauce cake is so good tasting! Especially when it's made with homemade applesauce. Even after a big meal, you'll always find room for a generous slice. Applesauce cake will make any dinner party special, but it's also a perfect treat to serve when you want to enjoy a special coffee break with a friend.

Applesauce Cake Recipes

These recipes for applesauce cake are taken from Mom’s old recipe scrapbooks, circa 1920s.

Old Fashioned Recipe For Applesauce Cake
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 cup raisins
1/4 pound peel
1-1/2 cups hot applesauce
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Nutmeg to taste
2-1/2 cups flour
2 level teaspoons baking soda dissolved in the hot applesauce
3 tablespoons molasses are sometimes added.

Bake in a loaf pan in a moderate oven (about 350°F) till done.

Applesauce And Raisin Cake Recipe
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, or lard
2-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups stoned raisins

Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) till done.

Recipe For Chocolate Applesauce Cake
1 cup white sugar (3/4 cup if using sweetened applesauce)
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup raisins
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon and salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg and allspice
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in hot water

Directions: Cream butter and sugar thoroughly, add egg beating well. Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce, beating after each addition. Add raisins and nuts last with flour addition. Mix in baking soda dissolved. Bake in greased loaf pan for 1 hour at 325°F.

Enjoy trying an old fashioned applesauce cake recipes from Grandma's day. These are moist and delicious cakes. You're sure to love them.

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