Applesauce Spice Cake

Name: Applesauce Spice Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12-14
Ingredients: 1 c sugar; 1/2 c butter, softened; 1 egg, beaten well; 2 c flour; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1/4 tsp ground cloves; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 1/2 c applesauce; CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 1 pkg (8oz.) cream cheese, do not use fat free; 1/2 stick butter; 1 box powdered sugar; 2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 c chopeed pecans to sprinkle on frosting if desired

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By ann wilson
@curiouscooks

from The Villages, FL

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Serves:

12-14

Prep:

25 Min

Cook:

25 Min

Ingredients

1 c

sugar
1/2 c

butter, softened
1

egg, beaten well
2 c

flour
1/4 tsp

salt
1 tsp

cinnamon
1/4 tsp

ground cloves
2 tsp

baking soda
1 1/2 c

applesauce
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 pkg

(8oz.) cream cheese, do not use fat free
1/2 stick

butter
1 box

powdered sugar
2 tsp

vanilla
1/2 c

chopeed pecans to sprinkle on frosting if desired
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How to Make Applesauce Spice Cake

Step-by-Step

Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy and then add one well-beaten egg.
Sift all the dry ingredients together.
Add to the butter mixture ALTERNATING with the applesauce, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
Bake in a square pan (9x9) or in 14 paper lined cupcake tins. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes---test for doneness.
Cool and then frost with cream cheese frosting.

NOTE: 1/2 recipe of the frosting with frost 14 cupcakes or 2 cakes.