Applesauce Spice Bundt Cake

stephanierndos's Note:

This is an easy and quick Bundt Cake that will leave your house smelling wonderful -- of apples and spice, a great recipe for Fall. Cake is moist and full of wonderful spicey rich flavor!

• Total Time: 43 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 38 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

Cake

• 1 (18 ounce) box duncan hines spice cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups cinnamon applesauce
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup raisins

Caramel Apple Spice Frosting

• 1 duncan hines creamy homestyle caramel icing
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 2 -3 tablespoons warmed apple juice or 2 -3 tablespoons cider
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Spray the Bundt pan completely with non-stick/non-fat cooking spray & flour lightly. Blend dry mix, eggs, & applesauce in a large bowl on low speed until moistened for approximately 30 seconds, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes - then, stir in the chopped nuts & raisins by hand, (nuts and raisins are optional).
3. Pour the batter in prepared Bundt Cake Pan.
4. Bake for 38-43 minutes at 350.
5. Cool in pan for 15 minutes.
6. Remove from pan & cool completely before frosting.
7. Frosting Directions ~ Cream together with a mixer all ingredients until thoroughly blended and creamy - frost cake with icing once cake is completely cooled.

Reviews

[gwynn]

Very nice applesauce spice bundt cake. It was sooooo moist. Everyone raved over it. Thanks for posting this recipe.

[MiMadre']

This was perfect for a cool fall day. My kitchen smelled heavenly while it was cooking. I plumped the raisins in warm apple juice just to add a little extra flavor. The recipe didn't indicate what size of caramel frosting, so I bought the 16-oz size. It may have been too big though, I still had a bowl half-full even though I literally smothered the cake with icing. I added 3 tablespoons of apple juice to the frosting and it probably only needed 1 or 2 at the most. It puddled all around the bottom of the cake and in the middle, but I didn't hear a single complaint-just several requests for the recipe. Thanks for the recipe, it's a definite repeat.

[Nasseh]

This was a perfect dessert for our Thanksgiving dinner. I used golden raisins in the mix. I couldn't find caramel frosting so I used cream cheese frosting & added the cinnamon & nutmeg to it. Very delicious... This one is going in my favorites cookbook.