Applesauce Snack Cake

Name: Applesauce Snack Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup, apple cider; ¾ cup, dried apples (2 ounces/57 grams), cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 cup, unsweetened applesauce, room temperature; ⅔ cup, sugar (4 3/4 ounces/135 grams); ½ teaspoon, ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon, fresh ground nutmeg; ⅛ teaspoon, ground cloves; 1½ cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams); 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 , large egg, room temperature, lightly beaten; ½ 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?

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SERVES 9 (Makes one 8-inch square cake)

TIME 1½ hours, plus 2½ hours cooling

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