Winnie's Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• frosting
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 8 tablespoons butter, softened at room temperature
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 beat eggs until frothy,; add sugar gradually and beat until thick and lemon color.
• 3 stir in applesauce, oil and water; blend well.
• 4 sift flour with all dry spices, baking soda and salt.
• 5 gradually add to applesauce mixture, blending well.
• 6 pour into 2 well greased & floured 9 inch round baking pans.
• 7 bake fro 30-35 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing from pans. finish cooling on wire racks.
• 9 once cooled, frost with desired frosting.
• 10 frosting: cream cheese and butter must be at room temperature, combine, then add confectioners sugar and blend until smooth. frost cake as desired.