This post may contain affiliate links.Please read our disclosure policy.A super simple pantry dessert that uses simple ingredients to make a moist spice cake with a brown butter frosting! This Applesauce Cake is so simple that even kids can make it, and the flavors of the spices with the browned butter will keep you coming back for more.

As most of us slide into summer, baking becomes a less frequent thing.I know it’s hot! I know you just want to lay by the pool.However, I’m begging you to make this simple little applesauce cake with browned butter frosting as an afternoon treat.

You don’t have to brown the butter if that extra step just seems like too much! The cake is so moist and full of spices, and the frosting is just a stir-together-and-pour situation.If you love my simple yogurt cake, this is another simple cake for your recipe archives! Ingredients Flour.One and a quarter cups (or 156 grams) of regular all-purpose flour.

Do not use self-rising flour or whole wheat flour.I use regular bleached flour, but unbleached is nearly identical and will work, too.Baking Soda.

Three-quarters of a teaspoon of baking soda.Baking Powder.One-quarter teaspoon of baking powder.

Salt.One-quarter teaspoon of fine sea salt.Please do not skip the salt, because it balances the sweet flavors of the cake and frosting.

Cinnamon.One-half teaspoon of ground cinnamon.If you want to be very fancy, I recommend Ceylon Cinnamon because it’s so floral

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