You need just one bowl and one pan while preparing this quick and delicious spice cake with applesauce and pecans.
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.75 cups white sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
- 0.25 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.75 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
- 0.5 teaspoons ground allspice
- 0.5 cups butter
- 0.5 cups buttermilk
- 1.5 cups applesauce
- 2 eggs
- 0.75 cups chopped walnuts
- 0.25 cups butter
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 package cream cheese , 8 ounce
- 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
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1
Sift flour, white sugar, soda, salt, baking powder, and spices into a large mixing bowl. Mix in 1/2 cup butter or margarine, buttermilk, and applesauce. Beat for 2 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed. Beat in eggs. Fold in 3/4 cup chopped nuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan.
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2
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 50 minutes.
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3
Mix confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth. Melt 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, and add 1 cup chopped pecans. Keep stirring until browned. Stir cooled pecans into cream cheese mixture. Frost the cooled cake.
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