Best 8 Applesauce Cake With Ginger Raisins Walnuts Recipes

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When the time comes to experiment in the kitchen and you're looking for a flavor combination that is both classic and unique, try baking an applesauce cake with ginger, raisins, and walnuts. These ingredients combine in a warm and comforting cake that will please even the most discerning palate. With its tender crumb, lightly tangy flavor, and subtle hints of ginger and spice, this cake is sure to become a favorite.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

APPLESAUCE RAISIN CAKE



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This cake is moist and delicious. I am from Washington state and this is my Mother's recipe. Great topped with caramel frosting!

Provided by Sharon Sisson

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Apple Dessert Recipes

Time 1h20m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup butter
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 ½ cups applesauce
1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
2 cups raisins

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Mix together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the applesauce. Fold in the walnuts and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 473.1 calories, Carbohydrate 71.4 g, Cholesterol 53.8 mg, Fat 19.8 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 252 mg, Sugar 41.5 g

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE



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This moist applesauce cake recipe is a treasured heirloom passed down from my Grandma Stuit, who cooked for a family of 13 during the Depression. At reunions, it's the first dessert gone...including the crumbs! -Joanie Jager, Lynden, Washington

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

3/4 cup raisins
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
1 large egg
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
1-1/2 cups applesauce
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Steps:

  • Place raisins and hot water in a small bowl; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt and spices; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce and water. Drain raisins; fold into batter with the walnuts. , Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 300° for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm or cold.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 282 calories, Fat 9g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 13mg cholesterol, Sodium 237mg sodium, Carbohydrate 48g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.

APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH GINGER, RAISINS & WALNUTS



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Categories     Cake     Fruit     Nut     Bake     Quick & Easy

Number Of Ingredients 17

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1-3/4 cup turbinado sugar
1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup
1 stick unsalted butter
3 tsp dark rum
1 large egg
1-1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup chopped crystallized ginger
1/3 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup coarsley chopped walnuts, pecans, or blanched siced almonds
Confectioners sugar for dusting finished cake

Steps:

  • Lightly butter a 9" springform pan and preheat oven to 350 on convect. Whisk together flour, baking soda, spices and salt in a medium bowl. In large bowl of a stand mixer, beat sugar, butter and maple syrup until well combined. Add egg and beat on medium high until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, mixing until well combined. Add applesauce and rum and mix until combined well. Fold in crystallized ginger, raisins and nuts, and spread batter evenly in springform pan. Bake about 35-40 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on a rack, then removes side of pan and cool completely. Dust lightly with confectioners sugar when completely cool.

APPLESAUCE FRUITCAKE



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Fruitcake made with applesauce and maraschino cherries.

Provided by TEETEE

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Cherry Dessert Recipes

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 ½ cups white sugar
1 cup shortening
2 eggs
3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups chopped walnuts
1 ½ cups raisins
1 ½ cups dates, pitted and chopped
½ cup maraschino cherries, coarsely chopped
2 cups applesauce
6 maraschino cherries, halved
6 pecan halves

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease a 10 inch tube pan. Line bottom with parchment paper and grease again.
  • In large bowl, cream sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs and blend well.
  • Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Combine 1/2 cup of flour with nuts, raisins, dates and 1/2 cup cherries, stir until coated. Set aside.
  • Add remaining 2 3/4 cups flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and salt to egg mixture. Blend at low speed until moistened, then beat 2 minutes on medium speed.
  • Fold fruit and nut mixture and applesauce into batter. Pour batter into a 10 inch tube pan. Arrange cherry halves and pecans on top.
  • Bake at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 1hour and 15 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes clean. Cool upright in pan 5 minutes. Turn upright onto wire rack and remove pan and parchment paper. Cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 625.1 calories, Carbohydrate 90.3 g, Cholesterol 31 mg, Fat 28.6 g, Fiber 5 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 270.7 mg, Sugar 52 g

APPLESAUCE & RAISIN CAKE



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Found in the All*You Magazine from March 2009. A nice moist cake with the fun of a pretty glaze. I've made this with both raisins and dried cranberries and they both work really well. Feel free to use what suits your tastebuds the best. It is a great cake to have when you expect company as it is light and goes great with a mug of coffee.

Provided by HokiesMom

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 1 cake, 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup unsweetened applesauce (thicker is better)
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins (or dried cranberries)
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350F and butter a 9x5" loaf pan and line bottom with parchment paper and butter paper. (This makes removing it from the pan so much easier).
  • Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
  • Stir baking soda into applesauce in a separate bowl.
  • Mix dry ingredients together.
  • Add dry ingredients in to butter mixture alternating with the applesauce. Mix just until blended well - don't overmix or the cake will be dense.
  • Gently stir in raisins.
  • Pour batter into pan and bake until top springs back when pressed - about 50 minutes (check at 45 minutes).
  • Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes then turn out onto the rack to cool completely.
  • Make glaze by mixing the lemon juice with the confectioner's sugar until smooth. Spoon glaze over the cooled cake and let set up before serving.

SPICY GINGER APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



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This simple sheet cake is packed with three kinds of spicy ginger: fresh, ground and crystallized. The cake is delicious on its own, but cream cheese frosting and a sprinkle of crystallized ginger push it closer to dessert. The cake can be made a day in advance, covered and refrigerated and brought to room temperature before serving. The crystallized ginger should be sprinkled on just before serving as it will weep in the fridge.

Provided by Yossy Arefi

Categories     cakes, dessert

Time 1h

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 24

1 1/4 cups/275 grams light brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups/480 milliliters unsweetened applesauce
3/4 cup/180 grams neutral oil like canola or grapeseed
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
1 tablespoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups/255 grams all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup/85 grams finely chopped crystallized ginger
12 ounces/350 grams cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup/115 grams unsalted butter, softened
2 1/4 cups/226 grams confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch of kosher salt
1/2 cup/85 grams finely chopped crystallized ginger

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch glass or light-colored metal baking pan.
  • In a large bowl, whisk sugar and eggs until light, about 1 minute. Add applesauce, oil, fresh and ground ginger, orange zest, cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, vanilla extract and salt. Whisk to combine.
  • Add the flour, baking soda and baking powder, and whisk until just combined. Fold in 1/2 cup chopped candied ginger.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, smooth the top and firmly tap the pan on a countertop to release air bubbles. Bake the cake until golden and puffed, and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.
  • When the cake is cool, make the frosting: Add the cream cheese and butter to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on medium-high until smooth, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl. Turn the speed to low, and slowly add the confectioners' sugar. Mix until the sugar is moistened, then turn the mixer speed up to medium-high and whip until smooth. Scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl. Add the ginger, lemon zest, vanilla and salt, and mix on low.
  • Spread the frosting over the cooled cake in dramatic swoops and swirls, then sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup crystalized ginger on top. Serve at room temperature.

APPLESAUCE, RAISIN AND NUT CAKE



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This is an old recipe that my grandma got off of a VB apple sauce can. She always iced it with plain boiled icing. If you can't find pastry flour, you can mix you own by combining cake flour and all-purpose flour in a ratio somewhere between two parts cake flour to one part all-purpose and one part cake flour to one part all-purpose.

Provided by QueenJellyBean

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 1h20m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup strained hot applesauce
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup raisins
1/3 cup walnuts
2 cups pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon clove

Steps:

  • First sift flour, spices and soda.
  • Then cream the shortening, add sugar gradually and eggs well beaten.
  • Add flour and spices alternately with the applesauce and beat throughly until smooth.
  • Dust raisins and nuts lightly with flour and stir in last.
  • Bake in a shallow, well greased pan about an hour in a 325 degree oven.
  • Ice with your choice or icing or frosting.

RAISIN APPLESAUCE CAKE



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This cake is one of my grandfather's favorites. And it seems like he always knows when you're making it-he must have a keen sense of smell! The recipe was passed down through the generations beginning with my great-grandmother. Sometimes I can imagine her making it all those years ago.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h5m

Yield 10 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
2 tablespoons molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups applesauce
1 cup raisins

Steps:

  • In a bowl, cream the sugar and shortening. Beat in molasses until blended; set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beating well after each addition. Stir in raisins., Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. tube pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cake will not rise to top of pan. After 10 minutes, remove cake from pan and cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 328 calories, Fat 10g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 249mg sodium, Carbohydrate 58g carbohydrate (35g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 3g protein.

Tips:

  • Use a combination of Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples for a tart and sweet applesauce.
  • Don't overcook the applesauce; it should still have some texture.
  • Use fresh ginger for the best flavor.
  • Soak the raisins in hot water for 10 minutes to plump them up.
  • Toast the walnuts in a skillet over medium heat for 5 minutes to enhance their flavor.
  • Use a bundt pan or loaf pan for the cake.
  • Let the cake cool completely before glazing it.

Conclusion:

This applesauce cake with ginger, raisins, and walnuts is a moist and flavorful cake that is perfect for fall. The applesauce, ginger, raisins, and walnuts add a delicious sweetness and texture to the cake. This cake is easy to make and is sure to be a hit with your family and friends.

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