Ingredients

1 C. butter or margarine
1 C. sugar
1 C. molasses
3 eggs
4 C. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 C. milk
Chunky-style applesauce (two 16 1/2-ounce jars)
Whipped cream
Chopped nuts

Cooking Instructions

Cream together butter and sugar till light. Stir in molasses; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Stir together flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition. Grease and floured three 8 x 1 1/2-inch round baking pans. Pour 1 1/3 C. batter into each pan. (Refrigerate remaining batter.) Bake at 375 until done, about 15 minutes. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans and cool on rack. Wash pans; grease and flour. Repeat with remaining batter. Spread applesauce between layers. Spread whipped cream atop; sprinkle with nuts.
 
 
"Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;" (Genesis 1:29)