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.

Applesauce Cake

by Lela May Smith McCulley

When going through my mother's recipes, I found this recipe written in my grandmother's own handwriting. There were no baking instructions. I tried the recipe, and it was good, but very spicy. My mother's version of it is here--Dorothea Malloy

Ingredients:
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 cups raisins
2 cups nuts (pecans)
2 cups unsweetened applesauce
4 cups flour
2 grated nutmegs
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cloves
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp dissolved soda

Directions: see Applesauce Cake or Fruit Cake

Applesauce Bran Muffins

by Febrina Picone Malloy

Makes 15 or 16 muffins.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup Nabisco 100% Bran
1 1/2 cup applesauce
1 egg
3 TB to 1/4 cup margarine, melted
1/3 to 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 TB baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins

Directions:
1. Mix first five items and let stand 5 minutes in large bowl.
2. Blend flour, baking powder and cinnamon thoroughly on waxed paper or napkin.  Stir into first mixture just until blended. t 400° about 15-18 minutes until done.