Sugar Free Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 1/2 cups ground almonds
• 2 mcintosh apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened apple butter
• 2 tablespoons frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• 2 grease and flour one 9 inch square baking pan.
• 3 beat the eggs until they drop like ribbons from the beaters. continue beating and add the oil in a thin stream. beat in the 1 cup applesauce and the 1 cup unsweetened apple juice concentrate. beat in the flour gradually until well blended. add the baking soda, ground ginger, ground almonds and apples, mix to combine.
• 4 pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for about 40 minutes or until the cake tests done. let cake cool on a rack for 15 minutes before turning out of pan. cool completely before frosting. carefully slice the cake in half horizontally with a long serrated knife. fill and frost with apple butter frosting.
• 5 apple butter frosting: beat the cream cheese until soft and fluffy. gradually beat in the apple butter and remaining 2 tablespoons apple juice concentrate.