Applesauce Snack Cake with Oat-Nut Streusel

Name: Applesauce Snack Cake with Oat-Nut Streusel
Yield: Makes one 8-inch square cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, dried apples (2 ounces/57 grams), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 cup, apple cider; 1 1/2 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams); 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 2/3 cup, sugar (4 3/4 ounces/135 grams); 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon, fresh ground nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cloves; 2 tablespoons, brown sugar; 1/3 cup, chopped pecans (or walnuts); 1/3 cup, old-fashioned oats (or quick); 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup, unsweetened applesauce, room temperature; 1 , large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted and cooled slightly; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV

Applesauce cakes run the gamut from dense, chunky fruitcakes to gummy 'health' cakes that don't taste like much. How about an applesauce cake that tastes like apples?

SERVES Makes one 8-inch square cake

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2½ hours cooling

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