Apple Sauce Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 14% cups apple sauce
• 1% t. soda
• 4% cups flour
• 2 lbs. raisins or all kinds fruit
• 2 cups nuts
• 1 t. spice
• 1 t. cinnamon
• 1 t. cloves

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar.

2. 2

   Add beaten eggs.

3. 3

   Sift together the flour, spices.

4. 4

   Flour nuts.

5. 5

   Take 0.5 cups of the first mixture and dredge raisins and nuts.

6. 6

   To the first mixture add the flour and apple sauce alternately.

7. 7

   Add the fruits and nuts.

8. 8

   Cook in a loaf pan as you would a fruit cake.

9. 9

   Either steam on top of stove for 3 hours and bake 15 or 20 minutes in oven or bake in oven 2.5 hours.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

APPLE SAUCE CAKE 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 2 eggs, well beaten 14% cups apple sauce 1% t. soda 4% cups flour 2 lbs. raisins or all kinds fruit 2 cups nuts 1 t. spice 1 t. cinnamon 1 t. cloves

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