Apple Sauce Cake
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Apple Sauce Cake

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup hot, thick, strained, sweetened applesauce
  • 1 egg, beaten light
  • 1 3/4 cup flour
  • 1 cup mixed, chopped raisins, nut meats, and dates
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

  1. Cream the butter, add the sugar gradually.
  2. Stir well.
  3. Add the well-beaten egg.
  4. Mix the soda and apple-sauce, and add to the first ingredients.
  5. Aliternately with the flour and spices, add the vanilla and fruit.
  6. Beat for two minutes.
  7. Turn into a square pan, and sift granulated sugar over the top.
  8. Bake in a moderate oven one-half hour.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Bread

Ingredients: butter, clove, sugar, applesauce, egg, flour, nut meat, soda, cinnamon, vanilla

Equipment: measuring cups, measuring spoons, oven, egg beater, sifter

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