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Recipe: Mom's Applesauce Cake

Mom’s Applesauce Cake

If you haven’t already gotten the free recipe for Mom’s Applesauce, then please go to http://www.jansdough.com/Poppo/Applesauce.htm.

You will need:

Electric mixer (can be made by hand if you opt to do it that way)

Mixing bowls and measuring spoons and cups

Flat-bladed spatula

9 x 13 inch loaf pan

No-stick cooking spray (use butter flavor!)

Cake tester (or a couple of wooden toothpicks)

Ingredients:

2 sticks of Regular Oleomargarine (preferably 100% corn oil)

1-1/2 cups Sugar

3 Eggs

2 cups Applesauce (Mom's Applesauce is best, otherwise, your favorite brand)

3-1/3 cups Regular Flour (not Bread Flour)

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Cloves or Nutmeg

1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1 cup chopped Walnuts

1 cup chopped Raisins

Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl and set aside.

Chop walnuts and raisins. Set aside. (See Jan’s Tip #11 for a simple and quick way to making chopping raisins easy! Go to http://www.jansdough.com/Tips/Tip11.htm.)

Thoroughly cream oleo and sugar.

Add eggs, one at a time. Mix until eggs are completely blended in.

Mix in dry ingredients and applesauce, alternating approximately 1/3 of each at a time.

Stir in chopped nuts and raisins.

Lightly grease bottom of 9 x 13 inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and dust with flour.

Pour cake batter into pan. Use a flat-bladed spatula to spread batter evenly in pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes until cake tester comes out dry. If your oven doesn’t bake evenly, turn pan at 10-minute intervals to insure even baking.

This cake tastes absolutely the best when served warm from the oven! I oughta know…I’ve eaten enough of my mom’s applesauce cake!

This cake freezes nicely. When the cake is completely cool (after you’ve enjoyed a nice warm hunk of it), cut into squares (2-inch, 3-inch, or 4-inch, depending on your portion preference). Wrap each piece in waxed paper (I prefer Reynold’s CUT-RITE), and then put into Ziploc® bags. Freeze flat. Thaw before eating, or pop in microwave to thaw/warm!

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