APPLESAUCE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING
Ingredients
2 cupfuls flour
1/4 teaspoonful cloves
1 teaspoonful cinnamon
1/2 teaspoonful allspice
1/2 teaspoonful nutmeg
1 teaspoonful baking powder
1 teaspoonful baking soda
1 teaspoonful salt
1 cupful sugar
1 egg
1-1/2 cups apple sauce (unsweetened)
1/2 cup butter or shortening
1 cupful raisins
3/4 cupful walnuts
Cream together 1/2 cup room temperature butter or shortening and 1 cup sugar. Add 1 egg and beat together. Mix in 1-1/2 cups applesauce.
Sift together 2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. allspice, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/4 tsp. cloves. Add to applesauce mixture, along with 1 cup raisins and 3/4 cup chopped walnuts.
Lightly oil a 9" x 12" pan and dust with flour. Add the cake mixture and bake at 350 degrees 50 to 60 minutes, until the top of the cake's center springs back when touched. Frost with chocolate frosting when cool.
FROSTING
1 square baker's unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
Chocolate Frosting: Combine in a heavy saucepan or double boiler 1 square baker's unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 1/3 cup milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook 1 minute. Cool and beat until the frosting has a satin finish.
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