Applesauce Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly

Applesauce Cake

This is one of the most deceptively simple cake recipes you will come across. Applesauce cake sounds so demure and so homey you might expect the wonderful end result. It is much more exciting and more elegant than the modest sum of its parts. The applesauce makes it incredibly moist and fruity.

My Applesauce Cake is Very Sensible

You know me: I go to all lengths to use the strictest minimum of sugar in my baked goods, only what is absolutely needed to make. So I ignore all frostings, icings, toppings and whatnot. I am sure you have noticed: you need 3 to 4 cups confectioner’s sugar and a good couple bars of butter just to make those toppings. This superfluous frill is where we might pay dearly for a treat. The cake is great without, so I am determined not to ruin my chances: the reward is, dessert stops being a guilty pleasure; you can enjoy it more often.

I spread the good stuff nice and thick

Instead of sugar overload, I spread the good stuff nice and thick in all my baked goods: nuts, raisins, spices: real food, in short. You will never go wrong with that! Great for breakfast too: make muffins!

Applesauce Cake Gets Mixed by Hand

Great to know you can put it together in minutes. Also, it is perfectly OK to use store bought applesauce so long as it is natural and unsweetened. You will be amazed how much respect you will show a pure minimally processed applesauce brand. Save the good and fancy homemade applesauce when you want to showcase it by itself.

Gluten-Free Will Work!

In this case, make muffins, or use the 9×13 mold

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour (all purpose, whole wheat or spelt. I use spelt) or gluten free flour mix
• 1 cup brown sugar or sucanat
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• good pinch nutmeg
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1/2 cup golden raisins

Wet ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups natural unsweetened chunky apple sauce
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup unfiltered natural apple cider
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions