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shortening sugar eggs unsweetened applesauce ground cloves ground cinnamon ground allspice salt baking soda sugar flour nuts raisins butter sugar egg yolk maple heavy whipping cream sugar
Viewed: 79 - Published at: 8 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1-1/2 cups
- 1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup raisins
- 1 cup butter, softened
- About 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- Maple flavoring to taste
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon sugar
Method
- For cake, cream together shortening and sugar; beat in eggs. Stir in the starter, applesauce, cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside. In a small bowl, blend salt, baking soda and sugar. Sprinkle over batter; stir in gently. Add flour; stir until smooth. Add nuts and raisins; stir well. Pour into two greased-and-floured 9-in. round baking pans.
- Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- For icing, combine butter, sugar and egg yolk. Add flavoring; set aside. Beat cream with 1 teaspoon sugar; fold into icing. Frost cake.
