Instructions:
Applesauce cake has been credited to the Yankee kitchen of early Colonial days. Apples were a mainstay in the diet of our early settlers, and to this day they remain a favorite fruit for cooking and baking. Applesauce cake has many different variations, having been baked in layers and tube pans as well as in oblong or square pans.
- 1⁄2 cup butter or shortening;
- 11⁄2 cups sugar;
- 1 egg;
- 11⁄2 cups applesauce;
- 2 teaspoons baking soda;
- 2 cups all-purpose flour;
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon;
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves;
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt;
- 3⁄4 cup chopped pitted dates;
- 1⁄4 cup raisins;
- 1 cup chopped walnuts;
- Lemon Icing.
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter a 9-by-l3-inch baking pan.
- In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter or shortening with the sugar. Add the egg and beat until light. Mix the applesauce with the baking soda. Combine the flour, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with the applesauce. Stir in the dates, raisins, and walnuts. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and the center tests done. Frost with Lemon Icing.
MAKES ONE 9-BY- 13-INCH CAKE
