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posted November 23, 2011 09:37 AM            

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What are you creating for the table from your labor of love?

My new dessert will be applesauce cake from my Ida apples this year. Not a fancy dish but one that carries many Happy Thanksgiving memories of childhood past.

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posted November 23, 2011 01:22 PM            

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Sounds yummy! I've never heard of applesauce cake. Can you post the recipe?

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posted November 24, 2011 09:17 AM            

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Sure. It has lots of spices and no oil. Moist and glazed, frosting or not, it`s yummy.

I will get it back out and post for you. You may have to adjust the spice amounts as I took Grannys recipe from a pinch of this and a handful of that to measurable measuring amounts.

did that make sense lol?

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posted November 25, 2011 10:46 AM            

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It makes yummy sense.

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posted November 26, 2011 02:20 PM            

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I'm sure the spice amounts will be good.

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posted November 27, 2011 12:09 PM            

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How many ingredients?

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posted November 28, 2011 02:04 PM            

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*waiting patiently for the recipe*

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posted November 29, 2011 09:41 AM            

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posted November 29, 2011 05:18 PM            

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I was waiting too! (drooling)

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posted November 29, 2011 06:42 PM            

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Well worth the wait

**note: nuts are optional. Cake is perfect without frosting but if desired, the cream cheese is the perfect one.
If using canned applesause, use natural chunky NOT sweetened or cinnamon. Go easy on the cloves and use fresh.

Applesauce Cake
For Cake:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups applesauce
2 large eggs
*3/4 cup chopped nuts

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1/4 cup butter
*1 cup chopped nuts
4 cups powdered sugar
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F .
Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish; set aside.
Combine flour, sugar, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices into a large mixing bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter, buttermilk, and applesauce. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs. Fold in nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 50 minutes, or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack completely before frosting.

For Frosting: Melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, and add nuts. Keep stirring until nuts have browned. Cool.
Mix powdered sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla with electric mixer until smooth. Stir cooled pecan mixture into cream cheese mixture and mix well.

Frost cake, serve and feed 12 happy people

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posted November 30, 2011 10:59 AM            

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Thanks! I'll try this one out at Christmas or New Years.

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posted November 30, 2011 12:13 PM            

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It is a rich cake. I made it once with 6 mo or older than spices and it didn`t taste as rich so the suggestion spices be fresh.

Also, if you are not a clove fan, go 1/4 tsp

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posted December 01, 2011 12:11 PM            

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Thanks, Juni! I will let you know how it goes.

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posted December 02, 2011 01:41 PM            

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I didn't expect so many ingredients.

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posted December 02, 2011 02:12 PM            

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I suspect you could use a store bought cake mix and avoid many ingredients. But then it wouldn`t be from scratch like granny did.

For a poor family like ours, this was a very special holiday cake and ingredients hoarded over the summer just special for the cake. We never had it frosted either

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posted December 05, 2011 11:28 AM            

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I agree! There is simply no comparison to home-made from scratch.

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posted December 30, 2011 01:30 PM            

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Still haven't tried it yet.

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posted January 08, 2012 10:25 AM            

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I haven't tried it yet either. My holidays didn't go as planned; everyone else cooked.

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posted January 09, 2012 02:58 PM            

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That's not a bad thing.

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posted January 11, 2012 04:05 PM            

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Going to post some more family recipes soon (in QC).

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