Applesauce-spice Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup applesauce, sweetened or not (homemade is best)
• 7/8 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts (black walnuts are my favorite)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f.
• 2 mix the applesauce, brown sugar, and oil.
• 3 sift together the dry ingredients.
• 4 add the raisins and nuts to the flour mixture.
• 5 add the applesauce mixture.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 pour into a 9 x 13 pan that has been buttered and floured.
• 8 bake for 40 min.
• 9 remove from oven.
• 10 invert over a cooling rack for 30 min.
• 11 carefully remove with spatula.
• 12 ice, if you dare.