Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cardamom
• 16 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 2 cups light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups chunky applesauce

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl whisk all the dry ingredients together.
• 3 in another bowl, with an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and honey till light and fluffy.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 with mixer on low speed, gradually add in the flour mixture, beat until just combined.
• 6 beat in applesauce.
• 7 generously coat a non-stick 9-inch tube cake pan with cooking spray. pour batter in and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with only a few moist crumbs clinging to it -- 50-60 minutes.
• 8 cool on a wire rack 10 minutes turn out of pan on to a plate and then on the rack, top side up.
• 9 cool completely and dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.
• 10 this cake will keep well at room temperature, covered in clingfilm, for two days.