Brownie Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups mott's applesauce
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 (8 ounce) packages softened cream cheese
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup mott's applesauce
• 1/2 cup melted and cooled caramel
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in large heavy saucepan, over low heat, melt butter and chocolate, stirring constantly.
• 3 remove from heat and cool.
• 4 blend sugar, applesauce, eggs and vanilla into chocolate mixture.
• 5 in large bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
• 6 with wooden spoon, stir in chocolate mixture until blended.
• 7 stir in walnuts.
• 8 pour batter into 2 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans.
• 9 bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 10 cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 11 prepare apple cream cheese frosting.
• 12 remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
• 13 fill and frost with apple cream cheese frosting.
• 14 apple cream cheese frosting: in large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
• 15 blend in confectioners' sugar, applesauce, caramels and vanilla extract.