Applesauce Snack Cake

 

This cake is perfectly moist and filled with chocolate and several other incredible ingredients!

 

• 2 cups applesauce
• 1½ cups sugar
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 Tablespoon cocoa
• 1½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon cloves
• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

• ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
• ½ chopped pecans
• 3 Tablespoon brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine applesauce, sugar, butter and eggs. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
4. Combine the topping ingredients and sprinkle over the cake.
5. Bake 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes, or until done. Cool on a wire rack

Apple Cream Cheese Crumb Muffins

 

Apple Cream Cheese Crumb Muffins are the perfect buttery and moist apple walnut muffins with a hidden cream cheese center. Topped with a cinnamon sugar crumb topping these are the perfect fall muffins!

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup chopped apples
• ½ cup walnuts, chopped
• Cream Cheese Center:
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• Crumb Topping:
• ⅓ cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ cup butter, melted
• ⅔ cup all-purpose flour

 

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with liners. In a medium sized bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl beat together butter, sugar, and eggs until smooth. Mix in vanilla. Stir in apples and walnuts. Gradually add in the flour mixture and mix until combined. Add 1 tablespoon into the bottom of the muffin liners.
3. To make the cream cheese mixture: Beat together cream cheese, sugar and egg yolk until smooth. Put about 1 tablespoon on top of the bottom of the dough in the liners. Top the cheesecake layer with the rest of the dough and fill to the top.
4. To make the crumb topping: Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter to a small bowl and mix. Add the flour until it starts to become crumbs. Top the muffins with the crumb mixture and lightly press into the top.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes clean and the tops are lightly brown. Let them sit for 5 minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool.