Spiced Applesauce Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 stick unsalted butter softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar packed
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup walnuts optional, toasted, see Tips, cooled, and chopped
• 5 ounces cream cheese softened
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F with rack in middle. Butter an 8- or 9-inch square cake pan.
2. Make cake: Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
3. Beat butter, brown sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in applesauce.
5. At low speed, mix in flour mixture until just combined, then stir in walnuts (if using).
6. Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until golden-brown and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.
7. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Run a knife around edge of cake to loosen, then invert onto a plate. Reinvert cake onto a rack to cool completely.
8. Make frosting:Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla with an electric mixer at high speed until fluffy.
9. Sift confectioners sugar and cinnamon over cream cheese mixture, then beat at medium speed until incorporated.
10. Spread frosting over top of cooled cake.

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Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Spiced-Applesauce-Cake-With-Cinnamon-Cream-Cheese-Frosting-1672857 (may not work)