Applesauce Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Icing

Name: Applesauce Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Icing
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Ingredients: 2½ cups (12½ ounces; 354 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1 teaspoon, ground ginger; ½ teaspoon, ground nutmeg; ⅛ teaspoon, ground cloves; 2 cups, applesauce; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1 cup packed (7 ounces; 198 grams), light brown sugar; 2 , large eggs; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup packed (7 ounces; 198 grams), light brown sugar; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; ¼ cup, heavy cream; ½ teaspoon, table salt; ¾ cup (3 ounces; 85 grams), confectioners' sugar, sifted; ½ teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup, pecans, toasted and chopped

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2023

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

Cakes

Holiday

With its rich, caramel-like topping, this buttery-sweet, lightly spiced cake is sure to please.

SERVES12 to 16

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

Applesauce Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Icing

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For the moistest-ever applesauce cake, we added a full 2 cups of applesauce to our cake batter. Ample butter and brown sugar contributed even more moisture and caramelly flavor, while cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves brought seasonal sp...

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