Applesauce Oatmeal Cake

"I got this from another site, where it was credited to Meal Master. It's not a fancy dessert-for-dinner cake, but more like a snack cake or coffee cake. It's very moist and buttery-sugary."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring applesauce to a boil in a small saucepan; remove from heat.
  • Stir in oats and raisins; cover and let stand 20 min.
  • (Mixture will be thick and will thicken up more while standing, so you should have the rest of the batter ready by the time the 20 min. are up.) Beat butter at medium speed with an electic mixer until fluffy.
  • Gradually add sugar, beating well.
  • Add egg and beat well.
  • Combine dry ingredients and add gradually to creamed mixture, mixing just until blended after each addition.
  • Stir in applesauce mixture.
  • Pour batter into a 9-in. square pan that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
  • Bake at 350 for 30-40 min. or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Cool in pan on a wire rack.
  • (I found I liked this best served slightly warm.).

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Reviews

  1. I used an organic applesauce that is not particularly sweet. Given the previous reviews, I sprinkled turbinado sugar on the top of the batter in the pan before baking. It made for a nice contrast in texture and added that bit of extra sweetness that might have been missing otherwise.
     
  2. This cake was absolutely delicious and easy to make. I thought it was just the perfect amount of sweetness and totally disagree with the previous reviewer who said it lacked sweetness. Either they are accustomed to eating super sweet desserts or the applesauce they used did not have sufficient natural sweetness I followed the recipe exactly except that I used spelt flour and used baked pureed apples which wer naturally sweet. I am glad that I did not let the previous 3 star rating discourage me from trying this recipe. This cake easily earned 5 stars.
     
  3. It was very moist, but lacked sweetness.
     
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