Old Fashioned Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2/3 cup shortening, softened
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup dates (or half of each) or 1 cup raisins (or half of each)
• 1 cup walnuts
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon clove
• 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2-2 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening, sugar, and eggs; add applesauce and mix well.
• 2 stir dry ingredients into mixture, alternating with water.
• 3 blend fruit and nuts into batter.
• 4 pour into greased and floured 9"x13" pan.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 60 minutes.
• 6 cool in pan and frost.
• 7 make frosting: combine brown sugar, 1/4 cup milk and 3 tablespoons butter in top of double boiler.
• 8 cook rapidly for about 3 minutes, stirring.
• 9 cool to luke warm and add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 10 beat in confectioner's sugar to right consistency.