THE STORY OF ONE DELICIOUS APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE
This recipe was sent to us by Cynthia Finnemore Simonds, author of Fresh Maine Salads (And Superb Maine Soups). www.savorlingerenjoy.blogspot.com.

She and her daughter, Elizabeth baked it together.

Elizabeth did it! We used the fantastic Pastor Chuck's Organic Applesauce in this moist and wonderful cake. It is a dark, sweet and spicy applesauce cooked up here in Maine. We used it to make our family's famous Applesauce Spice Cake. It is always a favorite.

Ingredients

3 3/4 cup King Argthur all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 t baking powder
2 t baking soda
1 1/2 t salt
3 t cinnamon
2 t cardamom
1 t freshly grated nutmeg
6 eggs
3 cups Pastor Chuck's Organic Applesauce
3/4 cup vegetable oil

Sift the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg together into a large bowl. Whisk together the eggs, applesauce and oil. Pour into the dry ingredients and stir gently until completely combined. Grease four 9" round cake pans. Divide the batter evenly between the pans. Set two pans each on separate cookie sheets - Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until a cake tester/toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove cakes from the oven and cool completely. Frost and chill or serve right away - you might have to defend the cake if hungry mouths are waiting.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients

2 lb bag confectioners sugar
8oz cream cheese
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/4 t salt
2 T pure vanilla extract
2-4 T cream

Cream the cream cheese and butter together with an electric mixer. Add salt. Slowly add the confectioners sugar a couple of Tablespoons at a time until it is all incorporated- scraping down the bowl often. Add 2 to 4 Tablespoons cream to give the frosting the consistency you like.