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Apple Sauce Spice Cake
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 1
Categories:
Apples
/
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients: 3/4
c
Butter or margarine,
soften
2
c
Sugar 3
ea
Eggs 3
c
All-purpose flour 1 1/2
ts
Baking powder 3/4
ts
Salt 2
tb
Cocoa 1/2
ts
Ground cinnamon 1/2
ts
Ground cloves 1/2
ts
Ground nutmeg 16
oz
Can applesauce 1 1/2
c
Raisins 1
c
Pecans,
finely chopped
Panocha Frosting (Follows) 1/2
c
Pecans,
chopped
-----PANOCHA FROSTING----- 1/2
c
Butter or margarine 1
c
Dark brown sugar,
firmly
-packed 1/2
c
+ 1 Tbsp half-and-half 1/4
ts
Salt 4
c
Powdered sugar,
sifted
Directions:
Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an
electric mixer. Add eggs one at a time, blending well after each
addition.
Combine flour and next 7 ingredients; add to creamed mixture
alternately with applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Stir in raisins and 1 cup pecans.
Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9" round cakepans. Bake at 350
degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let
cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Panocha Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
Sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans on top of cake.
PANOCHA FROSTING=============
Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat
until mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool mixture to 160 degrees. Stir in powdered
sugar. Yield: enough for one three-layered cake.
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