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Apple Sauce Fruit Cake

 

34

Yield

6

servings

Prep

30

min

Cook

2

hrs

Ready

2

hrs

Trans-fat Free, High Fiber
 

Ingredients

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
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

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.

 

* not incl. in nutrient facts

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 483g (17.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 118613% of calories from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g 27%
Saturated Fat 3g 16%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 141mg 47%
Sodium 1140mg 47%
Total Carbohydrate 83g 83%
Dietary Fiber 14g 58%
Sugars g
Protein 50g
Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C 53%
Calcium 24% Iron 71%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?

 

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