Applesauce Cake or Fruit Cake

by Ruth McCulley Brandt

Ingredients:
1 cup margarine
2 cups sugar
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
4 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp each nutmeg, ginger, allspice, and cinnamon
2 tsp soda, dissolved in a little water
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup raisins, ground or chopped
2 cups nuts
for fruit cake, 1 package of each kind of candied fruit

Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar. Add applesauce and mix well.
2. Stir together flour, salt, and spices, and add gradually to applesauce mixture, mixing well. Mix in dissolved baking soda and vanilla. Then add raisins, nuts, and fruit.
3. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. For fruit cake, wrap in cloth dish towel saturated with brandy or other liquor, and store 4-6 weeks in a cool place or in the refrigerator.