Apple Spice Tube Cake

Total Time Prep: 20 min. Bake: 55 min. + cooling
Yield 12 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
This applesauce bundt cake is perfect for the autumn season. Not too sweet and not too heavy, the moist bundt cake has a mild fruit flavor and a pleasant spice level. —Laurel Leslie, Sonora, California

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3/4 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped peeled tart apple
  • BROWN SUGAR GLAZE:
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
  • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce, beating well after each addition. Stir in the pecans and apple.
  2. Pour into a greased and floured 9- or 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
  3. For glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat. Stir in cream. Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour over cake; immediately sprinkle with pecans.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 444 calories, 22g fat (8g saturated fat), 62mg cholesterol, 218mg sodium, 59g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.

This applesauce bundt cake is perfect for the autumn season. Not too sweet and not too heavy, the moist bundt cake has a mild fruit flavor and a pleasant spice level. —Laurel Leslie, Sonora, California
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