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One-Bowl Apple Spice Cake
Serious Eats' one-bowl wonder — a simple loaf cake packed with fresh apples, applesauce, cinnamon, ginger, and crystallized ginger, topped with a crunchy turbinado sugar crust. The perfect no-fuss fall dessert for afternoon coffee.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup neutral oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 3/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 large apple, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup crystallized ginger, chopped
- 3 tbsp turbinado sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk brown sugar and eggs until dissolved and slightly thickened, about 1 minute. Add applesauce, oil, and vanilla; whisk until combined.
- Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg; whisk just until no dry flour remains. Fold in chopped apple and crystallized ginger.
- Scrape batter into pan, sprinkle with turbinado sugar, and bake until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs, about 55 minutes. Cool completely before slicing.
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