Title

Applesauce Cake

Subject

white sugar

shortening

applesauce

baking soda

cinnamon

cloves

nutmeg

raisins

nuts

flour

baking powder

Description

350°

Applesauce Cake
2 cups white sugar
1 cup oleo or Crisco
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
2 level teaspoons of soda. - stir into
applesauce when you first start
the cake
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 pints raisins, cook + drain off juice
dredge in flour
1 pint or more nutmeats also dredged
in flour
(over)

Card 1 Back:
4 cups flour, 2 level Teaspoons baking
powder sifted with flour and spices
4 times.
Cream sugar + shortening till creamy,
then add small of flour, then applesauce,
repeat this until all is used, then
add nuts and raisins. Bake in angel
food pan or 2 loaf pans.
Bake at 350° for about 1 1/2 or 2 hours.
(good)

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# Applesauce Cake

## Ingredients

- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 cup oleo or Crisco
- 2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 2 level tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 pints raisins, cooked, juice drained off, and dredged in flour
- 1 pint or more nutmeats (chopped nuts), also dredged in flour
- 4 cups flour
- 2 level tsp baking powder

## Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Stir the soda into the applesauce when you first start the cake.
3. Cook the raisins, drain off the juice, and dredge them in flour. Dredge the nutmeats in flour as well.
4. Sift the flour, baking powder, and spices together 4 times.
5. Cream the sugar and shortening (oleo or Crisco) until creamy.
6. Add a small amount of the flour mixture, then some applesauce. Repeat until all the flour and applesauce are used.
7. Add the nuts and raisins.
8. Pour into an angel food pan or 2 loaf pans.
9. Bake at 350°F for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Source

RCA0011 - Pie, Pickles, and Other Goodness (eBay)

Date

1950s

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Handwritten recipe card

Identifier

RCA0011-20261018-0038

Coverage

Misouri US