Apple Sauce Fruit Cake

2 hours Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 2 hours

1186 calories per serving view nutrition facts

6 servings suggest servings

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Ingredients

2 1/3	cups	applesauce	thick, well-drained
1	cup	vegetable shortening
4	large	eggs	well beaten
1	cup	whole wheat flour
4	teaspoons	baking soda
1	cup	nuts	broken
3	teaspoons	cinnamon
1	teaspoon	mace
1	teaspoon	allspice
1	teaspoon	cloves
2	teaspoons	nutmeg
2/3	cup	molasses
2	cups	brown sugar
6	tablespoons	lemon juice
4	cups	flour, all-purpose
1 3/4	teaspoons	salt
2	pounds	raisins, seedless
1/4	pound	citron	thinly sliced

Directions

Cream sugar and shortening. Add apple sauce, which has been sieved to remove all lumps, molasses, eggs, and lemon juice. Sift white flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, salt, and spices. Dredge raisins in whole wheat flour. Add white flour mixture to batter gradually. Beat thoroughly. Add dredged raisins.

Put a layer of the batter into a paper-lined baking pan. Add a layer of citron and nuts, cover with a layer of the batter. Repeat, having the top layer of the batter. Bake in a slow oven (300 to 325 F) about 2 hours.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 483g

Amount per Serving

Calories 1186 13% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.0g	27%
Saturated Fat 3.0g	16%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 141mg	47%
Sodium 1140mg	47%
Total Carbohydrate 250.0g	83%
Dietary Fiber 14.0g	58%
Sugars 112.0g
Protein 25.0g	50%