Applesauce Cake with Maple Glaze

 

Applesauce Cake with Maple Glaze

Cook's Notes: Capture your favorite fall flavors with a yummy moist spice cake glazed with maple icing. Be sure to add your favorite sprinkles because everything tastes better when sprinkles are added. Serve cake with maple nut ice cream or orange sherbet.
Cake Ingredients:

• 1-3/4 cups of white flour
• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• 1-1/2 cups of sugar
• 2 teaspoons Saigon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon apple pie spice 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/3 cups chunky applesauce
• 1/3 cup of oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup chopped peeled apple
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Cake Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease 13 x 9 pan or use cupcake liners.
• In a large bowl mix flour, sugar, spices, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
• Add in applesauce, oil, and eggs and beat on low speed until ingredients moistened.
• Beat mixture on high for two minutes, fold in apples, raisins, and walnuts
• Pour into pan or divide among cupcake liners.
• Bake 13 x 9 pan for about 24 minutes or cupcakes 18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from the center

Maple Icing
Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup butter, softened 
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring or 1 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 6 to 8 tablespoons of apple juice, cream or milk

Icing Directions:

• Use a mixer beating all ingredients until smooth. Add in more liquid as needed for correct spreading consistency.

Another fun Pinterest idea from the crafting ladies. The utensils have been painted with buttons glued on handles. The bucket is a small tin from the dollar store filled with marbles for stability and Easter basket grass. The eyes from a craft store or baking aisle from the grocery store.