Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 3 cups cake flour (sifted and then measured)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 10 tbsp unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 1 cup buttermilk (room temperature)
- 3 cups diced apples
- 1/2 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 eggs (room temperature)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1/4 cup milk (any variety)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
- 1¼ cups powdered sugar (sifted)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round pans or one 9x13-inch pan.
- Sift the cake flour and then measure out 3 cups into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the white sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt to the sifted flour and whisk together to combine.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine brown sugar, butter, applesauce, and buttermilk. Beat for 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs and vanilla and beat 2 more minutes.
- With the electric mixer on low, gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Continue mixing until the batter is smooth.
- Fold the apples into the batter.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes for round pans or 30 to 40 minutes in a 9x13 pan or until cake tests done.
- Allow round pans to cool at least 15 minutes. Run a knife around the perimeter of the pans and turn onto a cooling rack. Cool completely.