Apple-Sauce Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or shortening
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 cup sugar
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups thick sweetened apple sauce
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 cups flour

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter or shortening and sugar together, then add the apple sauce.

2. 2

   Mix and sift flour, soda, and spices, then add the raisins.

3. 3

   Mix well.

4. 4

   Bake in a well-greased loaf pan at 380°F for about 45 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup butter or shortening i teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups brown sugar Yi teaspoon ground cloves 4 eggs I teaspoon nutmeg 3 cups flour I cup water 2 teaspoons baking-powder Yz pound finely cut figs 34 teaspoon salt 2 cups chopped raisins Cream the butter or shortening and add the sugar. Add the eggs, well beaten. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the water. Add figs and raisins, dredged with a little of the flour. Bake in a greased loaf pan in a slow oven (320° F.) about two hours. MARTHA WASHINGTON FRUIT CAKE Yz pound butter or shortening 34 teaspoon mace 13^ pounds sugar 2 cups sour cream 6 eggs I pound chopped raisins i^ pounds flour i pound well-cleaned currants I teaspoon soda 3^ pound sliced citron 34 teaspoon salt Juice and rind of i lemon I grated nutmeg Cream the butter or shortening and add the sugar. Gradually add the well-beaten egg-yolks. Mix and sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with the cream. Add the raisins, currants, citron well floured, and lemon. Mix well. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg-whites. Turn into paper-lined loaf-cake pans and cover the tops with greased paper. Bake slowly at 320° F., about two and one-half hours. WEDDING CAKE 4 pounds raisins 3^ ounce ground cloves 3 pounds currants i pound butter or shortening I pound citron i pound brown sugar I pound flour 10 eggs Y2 ounce mace 2 cups molasses Y2 ounce cinnamon 34 cup strong coffee Y2 ounce nutmeg Seed the raisins and chop them. Wash the currants and reqiove the little stems by vigorously rubbing them in a coarse towel, 144 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES then shake in a colander. Cut the citron into small pieces. Sift the flour and spices together so that they are thoroughly- mixed. Rub the butter or shortening and sugar together until they are foamy. Beat the yolks until they are thick and lemon- colored, then add them to the fat and sugar. Add the molasses and coffee and stir well. Sift a little of the flour over the fruit and add the rest of it to the cake mixture, beating until smooth. i\dd the fruit and lastly fold in the beaten egg-whites. Put in deep cake pans lined with greased paper and bake in a slow oven (320° F.) for three or four hours. When cold, frost the top with boiled frosting, maple-sugar frosting, brown-sugar frost- ing, or coft'ee frosting. APPLE-SAUCE CAKE ^^ cup butter or shortening i teaspoon soda 1 cup sugar Pinch of salt 1^2 cups thick sweetened apple Spices to taste sauce I cup raisins 2 cups flour

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