Applesauce Cake
Applesauce cake is a classic moist dessert made with stewed cooking apples, warm cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. The Thermomix steams the apples, whips the eggs and mixes the spiced batter in one bowl, giving an even crumb and rich apple flavour with minimal effort.
About this recipe
Applesauce cake Thermomix TM7 style is the kind of old-fashioned dessert that never goes out of fashion: soft, moist and warmly spiced with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. If you have been searching for apple cake recipes that come together in one all-in-one kitchen machine, this one is a keeper. The TM7 makes homemade applesauce from fresh cooking apples with a splash of lemon juice, then whips the eggs with the butterfly whisk until pale and fluffy before folding in the flour. Because the batter is mixed evenly at controlled speed, the crumb stays tender without overworking the gluten in the plain flour. Serve this applesauce cake lukewarm as a dessert with a spoonful of cream, or pack a slice as an afternoon snack or lunchbox treat. It is also a brilliant way to use up a surplus of autumn apples.
Preparation tips
- Use sharp cooking apples such as Bramley for the sauce; their tartness balances the sugar and keeps the crumb from tasting flat. Taste the cooled applesauce before folding it into the batter.
- Wrap the cake in baking paper and store it in an airtight tin; the cinnamon and clove flavours actually deepen after a day, making the second-day slices even better than the first.
- For a lighter crumb, bring the eggs and butter to room temperature before starting, and fold the flour in briefly at the end just until no dry streaks remain to avoid a dense applesauce cake.
Recipe variations
- Nutty variation: fold roughly chopped walnuts or pecans through the batter together with a handful of sultanas for extra texture against the soft apple crumb and a festive spice-cake feel.
- Gluten-free variation: replace the plain flour with a gluten-free baking blend and add a pinch of extra cinnamon; the moist applesauce keeps the crumb tender even without gluten.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Weigh the plain flour and sugar straight into the mixing bowl thanks to the TM7 built-in scale, ensuring your applesauce cake batter is accurate to the gram.
- Steaming the cooking apples until spoon-soft in the Thermomix creates a naturally sweet applesauce without any stirring or watching the pan.
- Whipping the eggs with the butterfly whisk attachment gives the applesauce cake a light, airy crumb that hand-whisking rarely achieves.
- Grinding a fresh pinch of nutmeg and cloves in the TM7 releases far more aroma than pre-ground spices, giving the cake a deeper, warmer flavour.
- Mixing the butter, applesauce and flour evenly in the Thermomix bowl takes moments and leaves you with a lump-free, ready-to-bake batter.
Ingredients
- unsalted butter
- granulated sugar
- ground cinnamon
- ground cloves
- ground nutmeg
- cooking apples
- lemon juice
- plain flour
- large eggs
- fine sea salt