Best 7 My Moms Apple Sauce Cake Recipes

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Apple sauce cake, a timeless classic, is a delightful treat that brings back fond memories of home and family. Whether it's the aroma of warm apples and spices filling the kitchen or the first bite of the moist, tender cake, this dessert holds a special place in many hearts. With its simple ingredients and straightforward preparation, it's a recipe that has been passed down through generations, bringing joy to countless people. In this article, we'll explore the secrets to creating the perfect apple sauce cake, from choosing the right apples to mastering the art of baking.

Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!

MOTHER'S APPLESAUCE CAKE



Mother's Applesauce Cake image

This is a good old-fashioned applesauce cake. It will fill your house with the spicy fragrance of fall.

Provided by Cathy Brisco

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Apple Dessert Recipes

Time 3h

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 17

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
3 teaspoons baking soda
½ cup butter
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 cups unsweetened applesauce
½ cup raisins
½ cup dates, pitted and chopped
1 cup chopped walnuts
½ cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour a tube pan.
  • Whisk together flour, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and soda. Set aside.
  • Cream together 1/2 cup butter and 2 cups brown sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs. Add flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in the raisins, dates, and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool on wire rack.
  • To make icing, melt 1/2 cup butter or margarine in a small saucepan over low heat; stir in 1 cup brown sugar. Boil for 2 minutes. Stir in milk, and continue to stir until the mixture returns to a boil. Remove from heat, and cool for 5 minutes. Beat in vanilla and confectioners' sugar. Frost cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 525.7 calories, Carbohydrate 90.7 g, Cholesterol 54.1 mg, Fat 17.3 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 5.4 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 415 mg, Sugar 66.1 g

MOM'S APPLESAUCE CAKE



Mom's Applesauce Cake image

Mom's Applesauce Cake is an old-fashioned, treasured family recipe, that I found in my mom's recipe box.

Provided by Keri Hix

Categories     Dessert

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 Egg
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Canola Oil
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Applesauce
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Cloves
1/4 teaspoon Allspice

Steps:

  • In a large bowl beat the egg. Add the sugars, oil, vanilla, and applesauce. Mix well.
  • In a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the liquids and mix until combined.
  • Pour the batter into a 13" x 9" baking dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
  • Bake in a 350 degree oven for 23-28 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake. Let the cake cool.
  • Frost if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 241 kcal, Carbohydrate 36 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 14 mg, Sodium 329 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 19 g, UnsaturatedFat 9 g, ServingSize 1 serving

MOM'S HOLIDAY APPLESAUCE CAKE



Mom's Holiday Applesauce Cake image

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories     Recipes

Time 2h

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 1/2 cup raisins
1 cup chopped pecans
2 eggs
2 cups granulated sugar
3 cups applesauce
5 cups all purpose flour
1 cup Parkay Margarine, melted
3 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking soda

Steps:

  • Coat raisins and nuts with small amount of flour, this keeps them from going to the bottom of the cake. Mix all ingredients very well.
  • Pour in bundt or angel food cake pan (greased & floured).
  • Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 1/2 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g

MY MOM'S OTHER SOFT APPLE CAKE (IN A TUBE PAN)



My Mom's Other Soft Apple Cake (In a Tube Pan) image

My mom is just amazing. After 70+ years of cooking for others, she keeps on coming up with new ideas for yet another delicious dish. Today she gave me this recipe for another soft apple cake (to distinguish them from her passover apple cake and her "hard" apple cake, my personal favorite). It whips up fast, makes a nice presentation, and freezes well if you dont gobble it down first. I think she got it from "America Cooks for Israel", a cookbook that happens to feature some of her recipes too, courtesy of her only daughter. ;-) Try it, and join in singing my mom's praise.

Provided by Sarah Chana

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield 16 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 -6 tart apples, peeled and sliced thin
5 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 cup orange juice
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Steps:

  • Mix together first 3 ingredients. Set aside.
  • Beat together the sugar, oil and eggs until smooth.
  • Mix together the dry ingredients in another bowl, and add to egg mixture, alternating with the orange juice and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
  • In a greased tube or bundt pan, pour a little less than half the batter. Top with the apples, and cover with the rest of the batter.
  • Bake at 350F for 75 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 353.2, Fat 15.1, SaturatedFat 2.2, Cholesterol 46.5, Sodium 232.5, Carbohydrate 51.5, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 31.5, Protein 4.2

MY MOM'S APPLE CAKE



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When I was a kid, this was the cake that my Mom made for every potluck in my Dad's office. I remember seeing this glistening can on the cut crystal plate when Dad would go off to work and I wished that there were leftovers for me. As an adult, I make this cake for special occasions. My husband and I had a two day wedding celebration and this is the cake I gave to the restaurant to serve for dessert after the first dinner.

Provided by Ciocia DD

Categories     Dessert

Time 2h15m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar or 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/4 cups canola oil
1 teaspoon good vanilla extract
1/4 cup orange juice
2 cups finely grated apples, with peel on (Can use more, in my house we usually use an entire 1/2 peck bag of apples in the recipe)
1 cup chopped walnuts, do not toast them
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup plain yogurt

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325°. Well grease a baking pan. I double this recipe and use a bundt pan and grease it with shortening since it has a higher melting point. Then flour the pan.
  • Get your buttermilk caramel sauce ingredients ready so the caramel is ready to be poured over the cake after you let it cool for 15 min after baking. If you're doubling the cake recipe to use a larger pan, be sure to double the buttermilk caramel sauce recipe.
  • Into a very large saucepan with high sides add your buttermilk sauce ingredients. The mixture will foam a lot before it becomes caramel and cleaning this off your stove is a pain in the foot! Trust me, I'm speaking from experience. It's easier to clean a gigantic pot than the stove top.
  • Sift together flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • Combine sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla extract, and OJ in a large bowl. Beat until well blended.
  • Stir in flour mixture into the wet mixture and mix well.
  • Fold in walnuts and apples.
  • Spoon into prepared pan.
  • Bake on 325° for 90 min or until the top springs back when pressed. If using more than 2 cups of apples bake longer. Right before you're ready to take the cake out of the oven, put your caramel sauce on to cook on medium-low on the stove.
  • Remove cake and cool in pan for 15 minute.
  • While cake is cooling for the 15 min, turn on your burner under the pot where you already prepared your buttermilk caramel sauce ingredients. Turn the burner on medium low. You're about to be in for a work-out.
  • Continuously stir the ingredients as they melt and foam and come together into a really loose sauce. You don't want this to thicken a great deal. It should NOT resemble caramel like you put on ice cream. It should be more of the consistency of pancake batter. It will take approximately 15 minute See what we did there? The cake cools for 15 min while the caramel cooks!
  • Poor your buttermilk caramel sauce over the cake. Poke some holes in the cake with a meat fork to help the caramel sauce get down into the cake. If you cooked the caramel too long it won't go down into the cake. It will just sit on top of the cake. Then you have to start over! But you can still eat the ruined cake over the sink. The calories don't count that way. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone.

MY MOM'S APPLE SAUCE CAKE



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My mother got this when she lived in Virginia. It's really good.

Provided by Geraldine

Categories     Apple Desserts

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 19

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ teaspoon baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon ground allspice
½ cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
½ cup water
1 egg
½ cup chopped walnuts
1 cup chopped raisins
1 (16 ounce) jar applesauce
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
⅓ cup orange juice

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan or 2 - 8 inch round pans.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. set aside.
  • In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in water and egg. Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce and mix thoroughly. Fold in nuts and raisins.
  • Pour into pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
  • To make frosting: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add milk and vanilla and mix in. Add confectioners sugar and orange or lemon juice. Beat until fluffy, then frost cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 312.2 calories, Carbohydrate 55.6 g, Cholesterol 18.1 mg, Fat 9.6 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 261.8 mg, Sugar 42.9 g

GRANDMA'S APPLESAUCE CAKE



Grandma's Applesauce Cake image

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.

Tips:

  • Use a combination of tart and sweet apples for the best flavor.
  • Peel and core the apples before cooking them.
  • Cook the apples until they are very soft.
  • Use a potato masher or food processor to puree the apples.
  • Add spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to taste.
  • Use a bundt pan or tube pan for baking the cake.
  • Bake the cake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Let the cake cool completely before serving.

Conclusion:

My Mom's Apple Sauce Cake is a delicious and easy-to-make cake that is perfect for any occasion. The combination of tart and sweet apples, warm spices, and moist cake makes this a truly special treat. Whether you are looking for a dessert to serve at a party or a simple snack to enjoy at home, this cake is sure to please everyone. So next time you have a craving for something sweet, give My Mom's Apple Sauce Cake a try.

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