Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2009

i made this for a family party and it was a huge hit with my husband's family. i added apples but otherwise followed the recipe and i frosted the cake with allspice cream cheese frosting. fantastic!

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Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2009

This is a good cake. I used whole wheat flour and unsweetened applesauce and brown sugar. It could have used a little more spice. It cooked in about 30 minutes - nowhere near the time specified. I had the oven on the right temp, and I bake often, so I don't think there is anything wrong with the thermostat in m oven. My advice - just check it early.

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Reviewed: Sep. 15, 2009

I used all whole wheat flour and cut sugar in half. I have an abundance of applesauce so I used it instead of the water and shortening, for a total of 3 cups of applesauce. It took a lot longer to cook - about 60-70 min and was still sticky inside. It was not so good while still warm. I thought I would be tossing the recipe. BUT, the next day when totally cooled I cut a piece in half and put peanut butter on one side, jam on the other and made little sandwiches which we all thought were awesome, except for my 7 year old! I will definitely make again and use instead of bread.

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Reviewed: May 19, 2009

This is VERY close to a cake I've been making since I was in jr. hi (c. 1956!) and it's long been a family favorite. Couple of notes - chunky applesauce adds a little texture, chill the applesauce before stirring in the soda. Slows the action of the soda a bit until you've mixed all ingredients and it's about to do its job. It does fine without the egg or the water. Lastly, Penuche Icing goes very well with this cake.

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

added 1 chopped granny smith apple,instead of all raisins i used 1/2 craisins,1/2 raisins. this cake is a *****

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2008

I give this 4 stars because I made some changes to the recipe. I used whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose and butter instead of shortening (just my preference). I did not add nuts and raisins and I used store-bought white frosting. This was a delicious spiced cake - a big hit with the husband and 2-year-old!

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2008

I made this cake for my son's kindergarten class with the applesauce that they made together, everyone just loved it!!

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Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2008

Pretty good. Everyone said they liked it. I followed the recipe.

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2007

very very good

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2006

Love the cake. I didn't make it with rasins or walnuts cause I didn't have any and instead of 1/2 cup shortening I used 1/2 cup vegetable oil. Didn't frost it at all. The cake turned out moist the way I like it and my husband said it was very good also. We have a few apple trees and I make homemade applesauce often and used that. I might add homemade apple butter with the applesauce sometime.

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Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2006

cake has good flavor, but turned out more like a banana bread, top got hard.. I can say I'm not overly impressed. However, husband thinks it's great, so will probably make it again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2005

This recipe was a hit with my family. I served it to dinner guests and had to give out the recipe because they loved it so much. I changed a few things because I didn't have everything listed. I upped the cinn. to 1 tsp. and omitted the cloves, allspice, walnuts and raisins. I also added 2 eggs instead of one and used cinn. applesause because that's all I had on hand. I added about 4 fresh cubed macintosh apples and I didn't have the ingredients for the frosting so I coated the top with confectionary sugar. It was a big hit!!! I am making another one today and I am planning on using the frosting this time. Thanks for the great recipe!!

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