Applesauce Cake With Butterscotch Meringue
"Ever have applesauce in the house and wonder why because you never eat it? How about adding the applesauce to butterscotch? I like this recipe with pecans, but you decide..."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
-
Cake
- 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1⁄2 cups applesauce
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup raisins
- 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts
-
Butterscotch Meringue
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1⁄2 cup finely chopped nuts
directions
- Heat oven to 350.
- Grease and flour oblong pan 13x9x2" or 2 round layer pans 8x9x1 1/2".
- Beat all ingredients in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly for 30 seconds.
- Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally for 3 minutes.
- Pour into pans.
- Bake until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (oblong 60 minutes, layers 50 to 55 minutes). Cool slightly before frosting.
- Just before cake is removed from oven, beat egg whites until stiff and foamy.
- Beat sugar and lemon juice gradually into egg whites until stiff.
- Carefully spread over hot cake.
- Sprinkle with nuts.
- Bake in 400 degree oven until brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.
