Applesauce Spice Cake

For a quick snack, make this easy cake. You may already have all of the ingredients on hand.

2 cups all-purpose flour

11⁄2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda

1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger

1⁄4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1⁄2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick), softened

1⁄4 cup granulated sugar

1 cup packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

11⁄4 cups unsweetened applesauce

1⁄2 cup dark seedless raisins

confectioners’ sugar

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 9-inch square baking pan.
• In medium bowl, with wire whisk, stir flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and granulated and brown sugars until blended. Increase speed to medium-high; beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low; beat in applesauce. Mixture may appear curdled. Beat in flour mixture until smooth, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Stir in raisins.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan; spread evenly. Bake cake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. To serve, dust with confectioners’ sugar.

Makes 9 servings.

Prep: 20 minutes

Bake: 40 minutes