Looking to get rid of apples or just need a naturally tasty cake? Let’s try applesauce cake to save the day!

When the first settlers arrive to the shores of the Americas, they probably didn’t think of changing the whole face of the Earth in such ways and in evolutionary terms such a short period of time.

Especially not when the first pilgrim settlers arrived on the Mayflower and levitated between life and death for months until some good hearted locals showed them the way of life in the New World.

To the celebration of their first successful harvest, a feast was held that we know today as the Thanksgiving, filled with dishes indigenous to the Americas like turkey, potatoes, squash, corn green beans, cranberries, and pumpkin pies.

Applesauce cake didn’t make it for the feast, yet this didn’t hold the pilgrims back of making it every time they had the chance of having some apples around.

Without them we couldn’t enjoy such a great naturally sugar free dessert that over they years we pumped up with unnecessary sweeteners. Once we get rid of sugar addiction though, we don’t need to add at any sweetener to the cake at all to enjoy it. Except if we can’t resist spreading cream cheese frosting on top.

Ingredients

Apple sauce

Applesauce muffins needs about 2 cups / 500g Applesauce. Check out how to make Applesuce.

1 lb / 500g Apple
½ cup / 125g Water
½ / 10g Lemon peel
1 tablespoon / 15g Lemon juice
½ teaspoon / 2.5g Cinnamon
½ teaspoon / 2.5g Salt

Applesauce cake

3 tablespoon / 50g Butter or vegetable oil
2 pieces / 110g Eggs
2 cups / 500g Applesauce
1 teaspoon / 5g Vanilla
1 teaspoon / 5g Salt
2 teaspoon / 5g Cinnamon
2½ cup / 300g Flour
1 teaspoon / 7g Baking soda
Optional
1 teaspoon Ginger (ground)
½ teaspoon / 1.25g Nutmeg (ground)
¼ teaspoon / 1.25 Allspice (ground) (highly recommended)

Frosting (optional)

¾ cup / 150g Creme cheese
¼ cup / 50g Greek yogurt
½ teaspoon / 4ml Vanilla extract
1 tablespoons / 15g Honey or sweetener of choice to taste

Kitchen utensils

Ø8½” / Ø21cm Spring baking form

How to make Applesauce cake

Apple sauce

For more detailed instructions check out: Applesauce Recipe

Peel, core and slice up the apples. Pour water into a pot then add the apples, lemon peel, lemon juice, cinnamon and salt.
Place a lid on, bring it to boil. Reduce heat and cook apples until soft, for about 5 minutes. Remove the lemon peel then puree the apples with an immersion blender.

Applesauce cake

Melt butter or simply use vegetable oil. Add eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
Add the apple sauce and vanilla extract. Beat in salt, cinnamon and any optional ingredients like ginger, nutmeg and allspice. Allspice is highly recommended as it gives the cake a completely different character.
Add in the flour in batches then finally the baking soda. It’s important to mix the baking soda in evenly, but also as quickly as possible, about 1 -2 minutes top; since the baking soda and the acid in the applesauce reacts immediately their batter elevating properties lessen by the second.
Pour the batter into our favorite springform. In case our trust is waning in the nonstick coating, just line it with parchment paper.
Place the batter into the middle rack of a 360°F / 180°C preheated oven until golden brown spots start to appear on top, about 30 minutes.

Frosting

If not into cream cheese try the tastiest Buttercream frostings!

Whisk cream cheese until creamy. Add Greek yogurt, vanilla extract and sweetener of choice.

Assembly

Level the top of the cake if necessary by cutting it off. Hide in a cozy corner and test if the cake will be okay with the cream. Adjust the flavor of the cream to complement the cake.
Spread the cream on top, possibly evenly. Keep the cake in the fridge until serving.