Author Notes
This is an awesome post-apple picking recipe because you use fresh chopped apples AND applesauce!! I love to make this cake with homemade applesauce, but in a pinch the store-bought stuff will work just fine. We love this recipe because it is BEYOND moist, spicy, and full of delicious fall apple flavor. —Sweet Life Kitchen
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Ingredients
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2 cups
cake flour
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1 teaspoon
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1 teaspoon
cinnamon
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1 teaspoon
cloves
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1/4 teaspoon
ground ginger
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1/4 teaspoon
nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon
allspice
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1/2 cup
packed light brown sugar
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1/2 cup
white sugar
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1/3 cup
white sugar
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1 cup
buttermilk
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1/4 cup
butter flavored shortening
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1/4 cup
butter, room temprature
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1
egg
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1/3 cup
applesauce
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2
apples
Directions
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Grease a 9 inch diameter bundt pan or a 9x9 square baking dish.
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and center a rack.
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In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and set aside.
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Finely chop 3/4 of one of the apples...set the other 1/4 aside.
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Using a mandoline slicer, thinly slice one apple into slices and set aside.
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In the bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment combine the butter sugar and shortening until fluffy, then add the vanilla and mix until incorporated.
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Add the egg and mix, then the applesauce and mix, until incorporated.
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Slowly add the flour mixture and the buttermilk bit by bit alternating each, until all ingredients are mixed in, stop and scrape the bottom & sides of the bowl at least once. Then add the chopped fresh apple by handfuls, while the mixer is on a low speed until fully incorporated.
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Use the thin sliced apple to line the bottom of the pan you are using, then pour the batter on top of the thin apple slices.
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Bake at 400 for about 40-45 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean.
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Let stand about 10 minutes, then invert/flip the cake out onto a cake plate to cool completely.
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