Apple Sauce Fruit Cake
Ingredients
2 1/3 cup thick well-drained apple sauce
1 cup shortening
4 eggs, well beaten
1 cup whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking soda
1 cup nuts, broken
3 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp mace
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cloves
2 tsp nutmeg
2/3 cup molasses
2 cup brown sugar
6 tbsp lemon juice
4 cup white flour
1 3/4 tsp salt
2 lb seeded raisins
1/4 lb citron, thinly sliced
Preparation
Cream sugar and shortening. Add apple sauce, which has been sieved to
remove all lumps, molasses, eggs, and lemon juice. Sift white flour,
measure, and sift with baking soda, salt, and spices. Dredge raisins
in whole wheat flour. Add white flour mixture to batter gradually.
Beat thoroughly. Add dredged raisins. Put a layer of the batter into
a paper-lined baking pan. Add a layer of citron and nuts, cover with
a layer of the batter. Repeat, having the top layer of the batter.
Bake in a slow oven (300 to 325 F) about 2 hours. Mrs. S.F. Caruso,
Laurel, MT.
Servings: 6
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