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My Mom's Apple Sauce Cake

By: Geraldine  
"My mother got this when she lived in Virginia. It's really good."

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9x13 or 2 - 8 inch pans
 

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup chopped raisins
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar applesauce
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  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
  • 1/3 cup orange juice

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C), grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan or 2 - 8 inch round pans.
  2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice. set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in water and egg. Add flour mixture alternately with applesauce and mix thoroughly. Fold in nuts and raisins.
  4. Pour into pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
  5. To make frosting: In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add milk and vanilla and mix in. Add confectioners sugar and orange or lemon juice. Beat until fluffy, then frost cake.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 296 | Total Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 19mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2006 by CNADAHL 
Love the cake. I didn't make it with rasins or walnuts cause I didn't have any and instead of... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 26, 2005 by MADYSMA 
This recipe was a hit with my family. I served it to dinner guests and had to give out the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 9, 2003 by MERRITT 
My boyfriends family love Applesauce Cake and, when I made this recipe they fell in love with... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 14, 2008 by j.colton cooper 
added 1 chopped granny smith apple,instead of all raisins i used 1/2 craisins,1/2 raisins.... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 29, 2003 by STARCHASER 
I am teaching a cooking class for 8 six to eight year olds. This was the first cake they... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2008 by ANGSMITH1 
I give this 4 stars because I made some changes to the recipe. I used whole wheat flour... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2008 by Rose 
I made this cake for my son's kindergarten class with the applesauce that they made together,... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 25, 2008 by MOOSH34 
Pretty good. Everyone said they liked it. I followed the recipe. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2007 by Patsy's 
very very good MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 5, 2006 by SDROSIE 
cake has good flavor, but turned out more like a banana bread, top got hard.. I can say I'm... MORE

 
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