Sunday, June 5, 2016

All Cakes ApPLe Sauced!

Apples are a major topic of celebration throughout the year! From the classic, all-American apple pie to the 'dipped' apples donning a stick at Halloween. Every way you turn, any day whatsoever, is the possibility of something being APPle, AppLE, APPLE-licious!

June 6 is...

National Applesauce Cake Day

Moist Applesauce Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe

A healthy snack food alternative good for any kid's lunchbox, as well as a nutritious side dish or flavorful condiment, is applesauce. It can also be used as a natural sweetener, especially in diabetic recipes and for today's celebration to add moistness and de-e-e-liciousness to cake. Applesauce can be purchased at your nearest grocery store or it can be homemade.

First, make the applesauce!

Then, bake the cake!

OR, bake a batch of applesauce cupcakes!

Q: Can applesauce be substituted for oil in cake mix?

A: Applesauce can be substituted for oil in a cake mix as long as it's not a butter cake mix. Pectin in applesauce acts as a natural thickener, which makes it a viable fat substitute. When substituting applesauce for oil or butter, the ratio is 1 to 1, meaning equal parts of applesauce are used as the recipe calls for butter or oil. Applesauce can also be used as a shortening or butter substitute in the preparation of icing, though the finished product is thinner than traditional icing.

Think about having that second slice of applesauce cake...