Apple Spice Mini Cakelets
Welcome Fall with Apple Spice Mini Cakelets! A mini sweet treat that delivers maximum apple spice flavor. Serve with warm caramel drizzle, light glaze or sprinkling of confectioners' sugar.
Servings: 24 cakelets
Equipment
- NordicWare Apple Cakelet Pan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup melted butter, unsalted
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan with baking spray with flour, such as Baker’s Joy. Avoid using a nonstick spray with lecithin listed as an ingredient as a gummy residue can build up over time.
- Whisk together flour, powder, soda, apple pie spice and salt; set aside.
- In medium bowl, whisk together melted butter and sugar. Add applesauce, egg, vanilla and water and combine.
- Slowly add flour mixture to wet ingredients until combined. Pour evenly into pan, filling no more than 3/4 full.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of cakes comes out clean. Let cakes cool in the pan 10 minutes; unmold onto wire rack. Wipe out wells of pan, reapply baking spray and repeat with remaining batter.
- Store cooled cakelets in an airtight container until ready to serve.
- Top with a caramel sauce, simple glaze or light dusting of powdered sugar.
Notes
- Alternatively, make this recipe in a mini muffin pan. Bake approximately 12 minutes or a until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Remove immediately from pan. Serve with a warm caramel drizzle.
- Apple Pie Spice is a blend of spices, usually cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and sometimes cardamom. Measure out your own spices if you prefer and adjust your seasoning blend to equal 1 teaspoon.
- To make gluten-free, substitute King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour for all purpose flour.