Applesauce Spice Cake

Recipe created by SheKnows on Dec 28, 2008
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Prep: 20 min
Cook Time: –
Total: 20 min
Serving: 10

Cloves, ginger, and fresh apple make this a cake you'll adore. Plus, try the frosting on a variety of baked goods for a taste of the tropics all year.

Ingredients

For cake
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
2 teaspoons light rum
1 large egg
1 cup freshly grated apple
For icing
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup turbinado sugar
6 tablespoons evaporated milk
1 teaspoon light rum
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup confectioners sugar

Directions

Place oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350Â°F.
Butter pan and set aside.
Whisk together flour, baking soda, spices, and salt in a bowl.
Beat together sugar, butter, and rum with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until combined well, then add egg and beat until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes with a stand mixer or 5 to 6 minutes with a handheld. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, mixing until combined well.
Add applesauce and mix until combined well.
Spread batter evenly in springform pan and bake until a wooden pick or skewer comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool cake in pan on a rack 10 minutes, then remove side of pan and cool completely.
Make icing:
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart heavy saucepan, then add sugar and evaporated milk and simmer, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved, about 4 minutes.
Remove from heat and whisk in rum, vanilla, salt, and remaining tablespoon butter, then whisk in confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon at a time.
Cool to warm, about 20 minutes, then spread over cooled cake.