Applesauce With Cranberry Loaf Cake
- Reviews 3
Ready In: 55 mins
Serves: 8
Yields: 1 loaf
Ingredients
LOAF CAKE
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup thick unsweetened applesauce
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄4-1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄2 cup craisins (dried cranberries or use raisins)
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
GLAZE
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a 9x5 inch loaf pan with butter (or cooking spray) and then line bottom of loaf pan with parchment and butter the paper.
- Beat butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
- Stir baking soda into applesauce.
- Mix dry ingredients, theen add to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with applesauce.
- Stir in Craisins (and walnuts if using).
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes (or until toothpick test passes).
- Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes then turn out onto rack.
- Make glaze by mixing lemon juice and confectioner's sugar and spoon glaze over cooled cake (this step is optional if you are not using it as a dessert).
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