Apple Sauce Fruit Cake
Yield
6 servingsPrep
30 minCook
2 hrsReady
2 hrsTrans-fat Free, High Fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ⅓ | 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
|
|
| ⅔ | cup |
molasses
|
|
| 2 | cups |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 6 | tablespoons |
lemon juice
|
|
| 4 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ¾ | teaspoons |
salt
|
|
| 2 | pounds |
raisins, seedless
|
|
| ¼ | pound |
citron
thinly sliced |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 552 | ml |
applesauce
thick, well-drained |
|
| 237 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
well beaten |
|
| 237 | ml |
whole-wheat flour
|
|
| 2E+1 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 237 | ml |
nuts
broken |
|
| 15 | ml |
cinnamon
|
|
| 5 | ml |
mace
|
|
| 5 | ml |
allspice
|
|
| 5 | ml |
cloves
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
nutmeg
|
|
| 158 | ml |
molasses
|
|
| 473 | ml |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 9E+1 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
| 946 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 8.8 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 907.2 | g |
raisins, seedless
|
|
| 113.4 | g |
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.
