Am I right in saying that so many "healthy" recipes these days are sweetening their cakes/muffins with applesauce?  

Now this is all fine and dandy if you're in America (well, I'm assuming since most of these recipes are from the States), however here in Australia, applesauce isn't all that common an ingredient,  unless you're in the baby food isle.  Especially an applesauce made from organic apples with NOTHING ELSE ADDED!  

Answer = make your own!

I used this applesauce in my Blackberry Paleo Muffin recipe (see here!)