Subing applesauce in cake mix?

You can actually substitute with any fruit puree (pumpkin, peach, etc) although most people use applesauce as the flavor seems pretty "neutral" and goes with just about anything...

I sub applesauce in my cake mixes, brownies, muffins anything that is baked that calls for oil I sub applesauce. It also not only cuts the fat and calories it makes your baked goods more moist.

Heard last weekend that there are sugar free cake batters as well and was told they taste good- people said they couldn't tell the diff. Anyone see that in any stores? Where?

I am all about subbing pumpkin puree for both the oil and eggs in a prepackaged cake mix. Haven't tried this "from scratch" yet but the reason I prefer this is the added fiber! And you can't taste the pumpkin - that's actually a downside for me because I love pumpkin!

if you mix pumpkin with spice cake mix and add some pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon - you really taste the pumpkin!

a bit off subject...

Applesauce in whole wheat pancakes!
TO DIE FOR!

=]

It's usually used as a substitute for oil, which isn't really the unhealthy part of a cake.

This is what I was thinking - seems odd to add MORE sugar to a cake while eliminating the vegetable oil.

Now pumpkin I could get behind, since it's actually nutritionally dense, full of fiber and vitamin A - unlike applesauce.

Done it and loved it. I also use pumpkin purree and pumpkin spice mix (no sugar) for yummy Punkin Muffins. I use the unsweetened apple sauce to sub oil in cakes.

Are you supposed to leave out any of the sugar? It seems like applesauce would make it sweeter.

Cake mixes come presweetened; there's no way to leave out the sugar unless you're making it from scratch.

Why not make it from scratch?

I do this all the time. You can sub the applesauce for the eggs and oil in a cake mix. I also like to use a can of pumpkin with a spice cake mix - just those two ingredients mixed together without eggs or oil makes a yummy, dense cake. If you want it a little less dense add about half a cup of water. I have also done devils food cake mix with one cup of fat free Greek yogurt (can't taste it). Again, this makes for a very dense cake so you can add a little water if you want. My friend likes to take a can of diet soda and add it to angel food cake mix (especially orange or lemon lime). My family's absolute favorite is butter flavored yellow cake mix with a can of crushed pineapple (don't drain). Yummy!

You can make just about any cake mix with a can of pumpkin and a half cup of liquid. I usually do devil's food mix with pumpkin and coffee. Spice cake would work well with apple cider for the liquid. Calories just depend on the mix and whatever you use for liquid. They are very moist though. That makes them quite tasty but if you try to store them in a plastic bag, you end up with mush. I tried doing that once to take them on a road trip. It wasn't pretty.

Growing up we always used applesauce instead of shortening.

I didn't even know what shortening was until I was in high school.