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Easy Apple Spice Cake

easy apple spice cake

5 from 2 reviews

Easy apple spice cake is a moist, wholesome snack cake made with apple sauce, stone ground flour and lightly spiced with cinnamon and ginger.

Ingredients

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  • 2/3 cup sugar (can be reduce to 1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (make your own from local apples)
  • 1/3 cup Crosby’s Fancy Molasses
  • 2 eggs well beaten
  • ½ cup soft butter
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¾ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp ginger or nutmeg
  • 2 cups flour (stone ground spelt or whole white, if you have it)

Instructions

  • In one bowl place sifted dry ingredients.
  • In another bowl beat applesauce, molasses, eggs, and soft butter.
  • Combine wet and dry ingredients.
  • Beat well by hand or with an electric beater for 3 minutes.
  • Pour into greased and floured 9″ round or square cake pan and bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes, until a tester comes out clean.
  • Cool 10 minutes then remove from pan to finish cooling.
  • To serve, dust with icing sugar and cut into wedges.