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Spiderweb Applesauce Cake

PREP TIME: 30 Minutes • START TO FINISH: 2 Hours 5 Minutes • 24 servings

Cake 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan
2 cups all-purpose flour with shortening or cooking spray.
1 cup granulated sugar 2. In large bowl, mix flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda and
1 cup packed brown sugar cinnamon. Add oil, applesauce, vanilla and eggs; beat with electric
2 teaspoons baking powder mixer on low speed until smooth. Spread in pan.
1 teaspoon baking soda 3. Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes
1 teaspoon ground out clean and surface is deep golden brown. Cool completely, about
cinnamon 1 hour.
1 cup vegetable oil 4. Frost with dulce de leche frosting. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows, but
1 cup applesauce leave in pan.
1 teaspoon vanilla 5. To decorate, spoon vanilla frosting into resealable food-storage
4 eggs plastic bag; seal bag and cut off 1 tiny corner. Pipe vanilla frosting in a
spiral in corner where 4 squares meet (see photo). Pull a toothpick
Frosting and Decorations from corner of each square through lines of frosting 4 to 5 times to
1 container (1 lb) caramel create spiderweb. Repeat to make 6 webs.
ready-to-spread frosting 6. Place 1 peanut butter candy and 1 baking bit next to spider web on
¼ cup vanilla creamy ready- each square. Spoon chocolate frosting into another resealable food-
to-spread frosting storage plastic bag; seal bag and cut off 1 tiny corner. Pipe chocolate
24 brown candy-coated frosting to make 6 legs for each spider.
peanut butter candies
1 Serving: Calories 320; Total Fat 15g (Saturated Fat 3g); Sodium 170mg; Total Carbohydrate 43g
24 brown miniature (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 2g Exchanges: 3 Other Carbohydrate, 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3
candy-coated chocolate
baking bits
2 tablespoons chocolate Terrifying Tip
creamy ready-to-spread Dulce de leche refers to a rich, sweet,
frosting caramelized milk that’s popular in Latin
America.

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