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Applesauce Cake with Penuche Frosting - Recipe

Life could not be better while enjoying this moist apple cinnamon cake with its' irresistible brown sugar frosting.
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Applesauce Cake with Penuche Frosting Recipe
Directions
CAKE:
  • Place the shortening, brown sugar, white sugar, applesauce and soda water in a mixer and mix until well blended.
  • Then add the flour, cinnamon and allspice.
  • Mix well to combine.
  • Pour into a 9x13 baking pan that has been sprayed with non stick cooking spray.
  • Bake in a preheated 350° F. oven for 20-23 minutes or until the cake starts to pull away from the pan and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
FROSTING:
  • Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add the brown sugar and milk and boil over low heat for two minutes. Stir continuously.
  • Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool to luke warm.
  • Then mix in the powdered sugar until it is thick enough to spread.
  • When the cake is cool, spread frosting over the entire cake and allow it to cool completely and set.
 
 
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Container: mixer, saucepan, 9x13 baking pan
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- CAKE:
-1/2 cup shortening
-1/2 cup brown sugar - packed
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 cup applesauce
-1 teaspoon baking soda - dissolved in 2 tablespoons of hot water
-1 3/4 cups flour - sifted
-1 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/2 teaspoon allspice
- PENUCHE FROSTING:
-1/2 cup butter
-1 cup brown sugar - packed
-1/4 cup milk
-2 cups powdered sugar - sifted