Blueberry Applesauce Cake
- 1/2 pound unsalted butter at room temp
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon good quality vanilla extract
- 1 scant tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1 Gala apple, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup white flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- preheat oven to 350 degrees
- butter the inside of an bundt or tube pan
- sift all the dry ingredients together and set aside
- using an electric hand mixer or a mix master or whatever you usually use to make cake batter, cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. add the eggs one at a time and then add the vanilla extract and the lemon zest.
- at a low speed, blend in about half of the flour mixture. alternate blending in the applesauce and the rest of the flour until just blended.
- using a spoon or spatula mix in the blueberries, apples and the walnuts.
- spoon batter into pan and bake for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, lemon zest, unsweetened applesauce, blueberries, apple, whole wheat flour, white flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, walnuts
Taken from food52.com/recipes/288-blueberry-applesauce-cake (may not work)