Applesauce Cake With Cinnamon Icing

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2 beaten eggs, at room temperature
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 16 ounces unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease two 8-inch layer cake pans.
• 3 sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
• 4 beat eggs, mayonnaise, applesauce, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
• 5 stir in dry ingredients; beat until smooth.
• 6 stir in nuts.
• 7 divide batter between prepared pans.
• 8 bake 30 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 9 cool on wire rack 10 minutes.
• 10 remove from pans.
• 11 cool completely.
• 12 fill and frost layers with cinnamon icing.
• 13 cinnamon icing: beat cream cheese and melted butter until fluffy.
• 14 slowly stir in 1 pound powdered sugar and cinnamon.
• 15 beat on medium speed until smooth and spreadable.