Applesauce Cake With Caramel Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup soft shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups applesauce
• 1 cup raisins, cut up
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 cups sifted powdered sugar (a little more or less as needed)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 set oven to 350 to preheat.
• 3 grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan.
• 4 sift together flour, cocoa, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allspice, baking soda and baking powder.
• 5 add fruit and nuts and toss to coat.
• 6 in large bowl cream shortening and sugar for 2 minutes, then add eggs, one at a time while beating 2 minutes.
• 7 add flour mixture alternately with applesauce while beating.
• 8 scrape bowl as necessary, beat only until blended.
• 9 turn into pan and bake for 50 minutes or until done.
• 10 cool and frost with caramel frosting.
• 11 frosting:.
• 12 melt butter in saucepan, stir in brown sugar.
• 13 cook and stir over low heat for 2 minutes.
• 14 add milk, continue stirring until boiling.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 cool to lukewarm and pour into small bowl.
• 17 add sugar and vanilla while beating.
• 18 beat about 2 minutes until spreading consistency.
• 19 adjust consistency with a few drops of hot water or more sugar as needed.
• 20 spread at once on cake.