Healthy Applesauce Spice Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
October 8, 2024This healthy applesauce spice cake is a perfect treat that is filled with the warm flavors of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves and is topped with a perfectly creamy honey cream cheese frosting.
Equipment
- 8 x 8 pan
Ingredients
Applesauce Spice Cake
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour (175 g)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ginger
- ⅛ tsp cloves
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- 1 cup applesauce (285 g)
- ¼ cup neutral oil (63 g)
- ½ cup honey (165 g)
- 2 tsp vanilla (14 g)
Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese room temperature (227 g)
- 4 TBS butter room temperature (57 g)
- 2 TBS honey (50 g)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- pinch salt
Instructions
Applesauce Cake
- Place an oven rack in the center position of the oven. Heat the oven to 350° F. Grease an 8" x 8" baking pan and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.1 ½ cups whole wheat flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp cinnamon, ¼ tsp ginger, ⅛ tsp cloves, ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- In a large bow, mix together the applesauce, oil, honey, and vanilla until completely combined.1 cup applesauce, ¼ cup neutral oil, ½ cup honey, 2 tsp vanilla
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake is a deep golden brown and set in the middle. About 32 minutes.
- Let the cake cool completely on a wire rack.
Honey Cream Cheese Frosting
- Put the cream cheese, butter, honey, vanilla, and salt in a medium bowl. Using a hand mixer, whip everything together until smooth and creamy.8 oz cream cheese, 4 TBS butter, 2 TBS honey, 1 tsp vanilla, pinch salt
Assemble and serve
- Once the cake is completely cool, dollop the cream cheese frosting on top and smooth into an even layer over the surface of the cake. Cut into 9 equal pieces and enjoy!