1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 cups applesauce 2 cups light raisins 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 teaspoon baking soda | 3 1/2 cups flour (sifted) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 teaspoon cloves 2 teaspoon nutmeg Pinch of salt |
Sift together: Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Take 1/2 cup of flour mixture and stir into the nuts and raisins. Set both aside. Cream butter until whipped soft. Add sugar a little at a time until mixture is smooth. Beat in eggs vigorously. Alternately stir in flour mixture and applesauce. When all mixed together, add nuts and raisins and mix well. Pour batter into a well-greased cake mold. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 degrees for one hour. Cool ten minutes, then turn out on cake rack. Frost with Whiskey Frosting when Cake is cool. |
Jane’s Whiskey Frosting
1/4 cup butter 1 tablespoon cream Pinch of salt | 2 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons bourbon |
Cream Butter, add sugar and salt, then cream and whiskey. Whip until smooth. Frost cake. Decorate with a sprig of holly. |