Applesauce Snack Cake

Name: Applesauce Snack Cake
Yield: Serves 9 (Makes one 8-inch square cake)
Ingredients: 1 cup, apple cider; ¾ cup, dried apples (2 ounces), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 cup, unsweetened applesauce, room temperature; ⅔ cup, sugar (4 3/4 ounces); ½ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon, fresh ground nutmeg; ⅛ teaspoon, ground cloves; 1½ cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces); 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 , large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted and cooled slightly; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2006

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SERVES9 (Makes one 8-inch square cake)

TIME1½ hours, plus 2½ hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a moist and tender applesauce cake recipe that actually tasted like its namesake, we found that apple cider, reduced to a syrup, contributed a pleasing sweetness and a slight tang without excess moisture. Plumping dried apples in the ci...

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