Never Fail Applesauce Spice Cake

This never-fail applesauce spice cake recipe uses just two bowls and one pan for a very moist, warmly spiced cake with walnuts and pecans for crunch.

• Calories: 448 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 0.5 cup butter
• 0.75 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.25 cup butter
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.75 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1.75 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cup buttermilk
• 1.5 cups applesauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch pan.

Step 2

Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, baking powder, and salt together into a large bowl. Mix in applesauce, 1/2 cup butter, and buttermilk; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined, about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs. Fold in walnuts.

Step 3

Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean, about 50 minutes; let cool.

Step 4

Mix confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla together in a large bowl until smooth; set aside. Melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat; add pecans and stir continuously until brown. Set aside to cool. Stir pecans into cream cheese frosting; frost cake.