Egg-less Apple Sauce Cake

Hey everyone! Hope all is well.
Just when I got used to the Miami weather, we had to move. So, now we are back in Dallas. I am hoping to stay in this new place for a long long time. In all this hustle bustle of settling in a new habitat, my 3 year old demands to bake a cake all by herself. Also, it has to be round like a birthday cake.
Here I present the first ever bake from our new kitchen. A soft, moist cardamom flavored egg less apple sauce cake.

Ingredients:
Unbleached All Purpose Flour/Maida - 2 cups
Unsweetened Apple Sauce - 2 cups
Granulated Sugar - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter - 1/4 cup
Vegetable Oil - 1/4 cup
Baking Soda - 1 1/2 tsp
Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 3 pods (seeds only)
Chopped Nuts - 1 tbsp
Cooking Spray

How to bake an Egg-less Apple Sauce Cake:

Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F. Grease a cake pan (9 * 1.5 inch round pan) with cooking spray or oil or butter.
Crush the cardamom seeds in a mortar pestle to a fine powder.
Roughly chop the dry fruits of your choice.
In a big mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients - all purpose flour, baking soda and cardamom powder. Mix it well with a fork or a spoon.

In another microwave safe bowl, add butter. Microwave for a minute or until butter melts. To the melted butter, add oil and sugar. Mix well. Lastly, add apple sauce and mix well until sugar dissolves.
Pour this sugar oil butter mixture in the big bowl and mix well with a big spoon. Do not over-mix. Pour this cake batter in the greased pan. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
For some crunch, fold in some chopped nuts in the batter. And for some color, add in some dry fruits like cranberries or cherries.
Vegans can skip butter and add 1/4 cup oil instead. If you don't like cardamom, use cinnamon or vanilla extract. Sometimes, I add saffron/kesar as well to this cake.
Bake the cake for 32 - 35 min at 350 degrees F or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Have a great weekend! See you all next time with a brand new recipe.

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