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Happy National Applesauce Cake Day!

Thought to rise into popularity during the World War's dearth of sugar, applesauce cake uses applesauce as a sweetener that both adds saccharine flavor and intense moisture to the cake. This otherwise simple loaf cake has potent apple flavor, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg nuances, perfect for a sweet breakfast treat or afternoon coffee break.

The "warmly spiced, slightly sweet and oh-so-apple" cake, pictured above by blogger Patent and the Pantry, remains a simple pleasure, "a taste of childhood and home and family." She continues, "It is also a trigger for childhood memories: trying to wait for it to be cool enough to eat as it sat on the wire baking rack; running little fingers under the rack glaze that had drizzled off the edge of the cake; finally getting a slice and eating it from the bottom up so the last few bites were coated with icing."

Try the classic recipe yourself; you'll surely find it turning into a stained, dog-eared family favorite.

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The beginning of fall marks the height of apple season. Why not make some fresh applesauce and get baking?

Sometimes I wonder how certain food holidays are created. They seem so specific. Is there an Applesauce Cake Council that demands a day of their own?

Oh, by the way, today is National Applesauce Cake Day! I've never had it, but it sounds quite good. I keep picturing something that is moist and chewy and wet and dry all at the same time. AOL Food actually has two recipes for it, one from The Joy of Cooking and the other from Woman's Day.