Today I am making desserts for our Easter celebrations tomorrow. I am taking the easy route and making boxed cakes and brownies. Sometimes you just need to graciously accept the help of others, and I’m accepting help from Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines!
For my side of the family’s get together, I’m making a simple Duncan Hines White Cake Mix with chocolate frosting and sprinkles. For Ryan’s family get together, I’m making Betty Crocker Hershey’s Supreme Brownie Mix (per Ryan’s request) and a Duncan Hines’ recipe for Old Fashion Applesauce Spice Cake with a box of Betty Crocker Spice Cake Mix. I’m only going to include the recipe for the applesauce cake because it doesn’t follow the box directions exactly.
Old Fashion Applesauce Spice Cake http://www.duncanhines.com/recipes/cakes/dh/old-fashioned-applesauce-spice-cake
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Spice Cake Mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups applesauce
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 1 container vanilla frosting
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Glaze
- 1 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Tbls milk or cream
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease and flour 13x9 inch pan.
- Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce, and oil in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto cooling rack. Turn right-side up. Cool completely.
- For frosting, combine vanilla frosting and cinnamon. Stir until blended. Spread over cooled cake.
- For glaze, whisk together confectioner's sugar, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and milk or cream. Add only enough cream to make a spreadable glaze. Top cooled cake with cinnamon glaze before cutting.
This time I made the cake in a Bundt pan and used the glaze. I have made this before with the vanilla-cinnamon frosting, and it’s also wonderful!
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