Sugar Free Applesauce Cake

Moist apple cake with only the natural goodness of apples for sweetener. Great for kids and people watching their refined sugar intake.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 402 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 ½ cups ground almonds
• 2 Macintosh apples - peeled, cored and finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened apple butter
• 2 tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 inch square baking pan.

Step 2

Beat the eggs until they drop like ribbons from the beaters. Continue beating and add the oil in a thin stream. Beat in the 1 cup applesauce and the 1 cup unsweetened apple juice concentrate.

Step 3

Beat in the flour gradually until well blended. Add the baking soda, ground ginger, ground almonds and apples, mix to combine.

Step 4

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 40 minutes or until the cake tests done. Let cake cool on a rack for 15 minutes before turning out of pan. Cool completely before frosting.

Step 5

Carefully slice the cake in half horizontally with a long serrated knife. Fill and frost with Apple Butter Frosting.

Step 6

To Make Apple Butter Frosting: Beat the cream cheese until soft and fluffy. Gradually beat in the apple butter and remaining 2 tablespoons apple juice concentrate.