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Ingredients
| salted butter: 3/4 cup (softened) |
| light brown sugar (packed): 1 1/2 cups (packed) |
| eggs: 3 |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 cups |
| baking powder: 2 1/4 tsp |
| salt: 1 tsp |
| baking soda: 3/4 tsp |
| ground cinnamon: 3/4 tsp |
| ground ginger: 1/2 tsp |
| allspice: 1/4 tsp |
| ground nutmeg: 1/4 tsp |
| unsweetened applesauce: 1 1/2 cups |
| buttermilk: 1/3 cup |
| salted butter: 1/3 cup |
| light brown sugar (packed): 2/3 cup (packed) |
| light corn syrup: 2 Tbl |
| 2% milk: 2 Tbl |
| vanilla extract: 1/2 tsp |
| powdered sugar (unsifted): 1 1/2 cups (sifted) |
Applesauce Spice Cake With Brown Sugar Icing
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
35 min -
Servings
12 serving(s)
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- For the cake, grease a 9" x 13" cake pan; line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter with the brown sugar until fluffy; beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Beat in the vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg.
- Stir into the butter mixture alternately with the applesauce and buttermilk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of wet.
- Spread in the prepared pan.
- Bake in the centre of a 350 degree F oven until the cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
- Let cool in the pan on a rack.
- For the icing, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the brown sugar and corn syrup; bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Boil just until blended, about 1 minute.
- Remove from the heat.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir the milk and vanilla into the butter mixture.
- Again using a wooden spoon, beat in the icing sugar until smooth and spreadable; let cool for 1 minute.
- Spread over the top of the cake just to the edge, letting the icing drizzle over slightly.