Applesauce Fruit Cake
Ingredients
2 1/3 C. thick well-drained apple sauce
1 C. shortening
4 eggs, well beaten
1 C. whole wheat flour
4 tsp. baking soda
1 C. nuts, broken
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. mace
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. nutmeg
2/3 C. molasses
2 C. brown sugar
6 Tbsp. lemon juice
4 C. white flour
2 pounds seeded raisins
1/4 pound citron, thinly sliced
Cooking Instructions
Cream sugar and shortening. Add applesauce, 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 at 300 to 325 for about 2 hours.
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