Old fashioned applesauce cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup cake flour, Sifted
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp Ground Cloves
- 1/2 tsp Ground allspice
- 1/2 cup shortening|vegetable shortening
- 1 3/4 cup brown sugar, Packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup Raisins
- 1 cup walnuts, Chopped
- Confectioners' Granulated sugar|Sugar
1 Sift the cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices together into a bowl and set aside.
2 cream the shortening and brown sugar together, in a large mixing bowl, until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed.
3 Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4 Add the dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce and the water, blending well with the mixer set on low speed.
5 Stir in the Raisins and nuts.
6 Pour the batter into a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
7 Bake in a preheated 350 °F.
8 Oven for 45 minutes or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
9 Cool, until cold to the touch, in the pan on a wire rack.
10 Dust the cake with confectioners" Granulated sugar|Sugar.
2 cream the shortening and brown sugar together, in a large mixing bowl, until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set on medium speed.
3 Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4 Add the dry ingredients alternately with the applesauce and the water, blending well with the mixer set on low speed.
5 Stir in the Raisins and nuts.
6 Pour the batter into a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
7 Bake in a preheated 350 °F.
8 Oven for 45 minutes or until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
9 Cool, until cold to the touch, in the pan on a wire rack.
10 Dust the cake with confectioners" Granulated sugar|Sugar.
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