Applesauce ruined it !!!

Posted: Thu, Nov 04 2010, 10:29 am Post subject: applesauce ruined it !!!

have you ever replaced sugars & oils with applesauce ?

some recipes should be left as is - the applesauce totally ruined my delectable chocolate cake Crying or Very sad

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Platinum Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 8518

I rarely do it because it changes it. It's horrible for brownies, because they don't get crunchy and dense, they're more like chocolate cake.
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Posted: Thu, Nov 04 2010, 10:39 am Post subject:

well my usually very fluffy chocolate cake did not rise the same way and really just ruined that craving ... and there was a certain mushy moistness that just wreaked of applesauce ...

funny 1 of my kids called it brownies and it's half gone ... but 2 kids said mom never again ... I guess the other is neutral

Senior Member Joined: Oct 22 2009 Posts: 118

I never heard of replacing both - sugar and oil. Only replacing the oil.

I have tried it a number of times. Sometimes I do - 1/2 oil 1/2 applesauce.

Sometimes it works really well, sometimes not. Some recipes are more forgiving.

Executive Member Joined: Oct 28 2010 Posts: 291

I once subsituted apple sauce for oil in runny chips and they came out as muffins. So now I have a new recipe Chocholate Chip Muffins (sometimes with pb) and when I make runny chips with 1/2 oil 1/2 applesauce it comes out delicious!

Executive Member Joined: Apr 01 2009 Posts: 464

I used applesauce instead of oil in challah recipes and it came out fine.

I tried it in muffins and it did not work. maybe I should try 1/2 and 1/2.