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Applesauce Spice Cake with Maple Glaze

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground allspice
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce, homemade or store-bought
  • 2/3 cup canola oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
  • Mix together flour, baking soda, pepper, cinnamon, ginger and allspice, set aside.
  • In the mixing bowl of stand mixer, cream eggs and sugars until light, about 2 minutes. Mix in applesauce, oil and vanilla until smooth.
  • Fold wet ingredients into dry, do not over mix. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 42-45 minutes, until toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  • Cool for 10 minutes, then invert onto a baking rack and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.
  • Serve as is, or drizzle each plate with Maple Glaze.

Notes

MAPLE GLAZE: mix 1 cup icing sugar with 1/3 cup maple syrup. Add 10% cream, one Tbsp at a time, until it is the consistency as you like.