Ginger-Cardamom Applesauce Snack Cake

Name: Ginger-Cardamom Applesauce Snack Cake
Yield: Makes one 8-inch square cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, dried apples (2 ounces), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 cup, apple cider; 1 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces); 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 2/3 cup, sugar (4 3/4 ounces); 1/2 teaspoon, ground ginger; 1/4 teaspoon, ground cardamom; 1 tablespoon, chopped crystalized ginger; 1 cup, unsweetened applesauce, room temperature; 1 , large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten; 1/2 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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SERVESMakes 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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