Apple Sauce Snack Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting – Rogers Foods

Ingredients

• CAKE
• Grease and flour 9x13 inch cake pan
• 3 large McIntosh apples (about 1 1/2 lb. total), peeled and chopped (5 cups)
• 1 ¼ cups packed light brown sugar
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. grated lime zest (from 1 lime)
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 2 ½ cups ROGERS FOODS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• FROSTING
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp. whole milk
• ¼ tsp. salt
• 2 Tbsp. hot water
• Chopped toasted pecans, for garnish (optional)