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Apple Sauce Spice Cake

Applesauce spice cake is a tender, warmly spiced sheet cake made with unsweetened applesauce and baked in a 9x13-inch pan. A mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves gives each slice a cozy flavor, while moist crumbs signal it is ready.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooling 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 280
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 0.25 tsp ground cloves
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 1.5 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.5 cup neutral oil such as canola
  • 2 eggs large
  • 1.5 cup unsweetened applesauce

Equipment

  • 1 9x13-inch baking pan

Method
 

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
  3. Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in a medium bowl.
  4. Beat the sugar and oil in a large bowl until combined.
  5. Beat in the eggs one at a time.
  6. Stir in the applesauce.
  7. Add the flour mixture to the applesauce mixture and stir just until no dry streaks remain.
  8. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
  9. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
  10. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for at least 1 hour before serving.

Notes

For the best texture, stir the batter just until no dry streaks remain. Store covered at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerate for up to 5 days; the cake can be frozen. For a gluten-free option, use a measure-for-measure gluten-free flour blend.