Best Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake Recipes

Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake image

Provided by Jenny Sanders

Categories Dessert

Time 1h10m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 1/2 cups flour, unbleached, sifted
1/2 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1 cup buttermilk

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350°F Line 2 nine-inch round cake pans with parchment paper, and grease the sides of the pans.
Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
Beat together the oil and sugar in a mixing bowl.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Blend in the vanilla and the applesauce.
Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
Divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
Bake in the preheated 350°F oven for 45 to 50 minutes or until cake tests done.
Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack.
Remove from the pans; cool on rack. Ice with frosting as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 293.9, Fat 10.9, SaturatedFat 1.9, Cholesterol 36.1, Sodium 446.9, Carbohydrate 46.1, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 17.9, Protein 5.2

Spiced Chocolate Applesauce Cake image

Provided by Darlene Castro @LadySorrow

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 19

2 1/2 cup(s) flour, sifted
2 large egg white
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1/4 cup(s) butter, softened
1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar, well sifted
2 ounce(s) chocolate, unsweetened
- FROSTING INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup(s) water, boiling
1 cup(s) buttermilk
1 cup(s) applesauce
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cup(s) sugar
3/4 cup(s) vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon(s) salt
1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon, ground
2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1/2 cup(s) cocoa
1 cup(s) powdered sugar, well sifted

Steps:

Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside.
Cream together the shortening and sugar in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer at medium speed; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Blend in vanilla and applesauce.
Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
Beat in boiling water - (Batter should be thick.)
Pour batter into greased and waxed paper-lined 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan; bake in preheated 350 oven for 1 hour or until cake tests done.
Cool 10 minutes in pan on rack.
Remove from pan; cool on rack.
When cake is cooled, spread with Chocolate Fluff Frosting and cut in squares.
CHOCOLATE FLUFF FROSTING: Melt chocolate over hot water; cool to room temperature.
Blend together confectioners' sugar, butter, melted chocolate and vanilla in a bowl and beat until smooth.
In another bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form, using an electric mixer at high speed.
Gradually beat in 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, until egg white mixture is glossy and stiff.
Fold in chocolate mixture into the beaten egg whites.