Applesauce Cake

• 1 cup sugar (close packed brown) or white
• Beat until soft: 1/2 cup butter (1/4 lb.)
• Add sugar gradually, blend until very light.
• Beat in 1 egg.

• 1 3/4 cups cake flour (or 1 5/8 cups regular flour)
• Sift a little of the flour over:
  • 1 cup raisins (chopped)
  • 1 cup nut meats (pecans preferred)

• Add to the balance of the flour:
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. soda
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. cloves

• Stir the sifted ingredients gradually into the butter mixture until the batter is smooth.
• Add the raisins and nut meats.

• Heat 1 cup thick lightly sweetened applesauce
• Beat it into the batter
• Bake in greased 8 inch square pan at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until done.

Modified from Joy of Cooking cookbook